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Re: CS60 aftertouch question

2008-09-19 by Alessandro

oops, after closer inspection i found the lever in a corner inside 
the CS ;) I'm going to clean it and glue it back on :)

thanks you all! 

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Alessandro" 
<alessandrorescio@...> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
> 
> thanks for your help.
> 
> Now you mentioned it, i think the shutter is missing (its not in 
the 
> CS) but i think i can make something else for it. Nice job i will 
do 
> tomorrow ;-)  its bedtime here..
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alessandro
> 
> 
> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, David Rogoff <david@> wrote:
> >
> > Alessandro wrote:
> > > i bought a near mint CS60 yesterday, looks nice with my CS80.
> > >   
> > Show-off :^)
> > > But the CS60 has a few (minor problems) the aftertouch for 
> instance is 
> > > always on. Any touch response settings are directly audible, 
when 
> i 
> > > press the aftertouch nothing happens. I know that the 
aftertouch 
> works 
> > > with a light bulb. I opened it up the light bulb still works, 
if 
> i put 
> > > a piece of paper between the light and i think the sensor then 
> the 
> > > touch reponse stops. So somewhere there is a fault perhaps the 
> sensor? 
> > >   
> > Well, there should be some kind of shutter between the light bulb 
> and 
> > the sensor that lets more light through as you press harder on 
the 
> keys. 
> > Look around area A-4 in the schematic here: 
> > 
> 
http://therogoffs.com/cs80/manuals/CS60_Service_Manual/cs60_foldout_sc
> hematic.jpg 
> > .  You should set some kind of lever move near the light bulb 
when 
> you 
> > press the keys hard. Maybe the attached shutter fell off. I don't 
> > remember what it looks like - it's been over 20 years since I've 
> > owned/worked-on a CS60, but it should be pretty straight forward 
to 
> fix.
> > 
> >  David
> >
>

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