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Kenton MIDI install

2008-03-10 by David Rogoff

Good timing - I just finished mounting the switches and jacks and took
pictures. I put them in the folder "Kenton Switches and MIDI".  Have a
look!

 David

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, Tommy Priakos <tpriakos@...> wrote:
>
> I know it seems the midi ports will be in a somewhat difficult to
access position, but I would take unspoiled-cosmetic-appearance over
violated-original-look any day!  My midi ports are in the back next to
the hi/low switch, and they look like they were always there, but the
red button on the top of the panel makes me kick myself everytime I
see it. Wish I had known about this forum before I installed the kit.
>   Good idea David, take a picture when you've done the job!
>   
> Tommy
>   
> 
> David Rogoff <david@...> wrote:
> Tomorrow I'm installing a Kenton MIDI kit in a different CS80. To make
> the install a bit cleaner, and reduce people's horror at me drilling
> into the front panel, I'm going to mount the switches and MIDI jacks
> inside the power-cord compartment. No mods to the outside of the
keyboard!

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