Crumar DS-1 Problem
2004-05-03 by Andrew R. Grantham
Hi, all. I recently received a Crumar DS-1 over eBay. It appears to have been damaged in shipping. Groups of keys are playing in the wrong octave. They vary randomly, but digitally. They vary so rapidly that if I play a sweep upwards and then downwards, the keys will have changed to other octaves on the way down. I have no schematics, so I have no idea where the problem may be, although I do know that the row of boards on the left probably suffered impact as the plastic bar that holds them in place was snapped and sitting on top of them. When I reposition the front-most board by reseating it, the keys will change octaves. Sometimes this will cause them to stay constant (still wrong) for extended periods. Should I just reheat each solder joint on this board? If someone has schematics or knows what might be wrong, please let me know!