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Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring contacts(switches...)

2009-01-27 by Laurie Curry

the spring contact did break....and is now soldered back together as a
temporary fix...

I failed at the removal attempt....

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-----Original message-----
From: David Rogoff david@...
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:13:47 -0700
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring
contacts(switches...)

I'm not 100% sure what you're referring to. Here's a pic from when I
had 
mine all apart: http://therogoffs.com/cs80/overhaul/images/image16.jpg

Can you circle the part you're talking about. Better yet, take a
picture 
of your keyboard, showing the problem. A picture is worth a thousand
words!

David

slammah2006 wrote:
> I have her open and I Need CS80 advice for removing key switches...
>
> Looking from the players point....
> I need to remove the right "Throw"contact from my middle G...(this 
> would bethe lower right spring contact that needs removing........)
>
> It has a crack in the underside which has deteriorated its 
> flexibility, causing the key to sustain after a few good key 
> strikes....(pushing the contact manually back down corrects it 
> momentarily, but the rigidness has gone in the spring to a point it 
> could break off.....
>
>
> So far,I have keybed moved so it is resting across the front right 
> corner...
> The white plastic cover is off and the bank of switches can be 
> rotated vertically with the screws removed .....
>
> Question
> 1..... how hard (if possible) is the desoldering of the spring 
> contacts? I have removed the solder from the back, but the spring 
> seems to be solid in the PCB....Are these removable?...
>
> 2.....If removable, which direction should I pull,and are there any 
>catches I need to manipulate so it slides easier?
> 
> 3....Are there any replacements contacts amongst this group?(if not,

> I may just swap with a less used key.....) 
>
> Thanks .....she's open and waiting.....lol
> 





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Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring contacts(switches...)

2009-01-27 by Laurie Curry

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From: "Laurie Curry" laurie@...
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:34:05 -0700
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring
contacts(switches...)


the spring contact did break....and is now soldered back together as a
temporary fix...

I failed at the removal attempt....
-----Original message-----
From: David Rogoff david@...
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:13:47 -0700
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring
contacts(switches...)

I'm not 100% sure what you're referring to. Here's a pic from when I
had 
mine all apart:http://therogoffs.com/cs80/overhaul/images/image16.jpg

Can you circle the part you're talking about. Better yet, take a
picture 
of your keyboard, showing the problem. A picture is worth a thousand
words!

David

slammah2006 wrote:
> I have her open and I Need CS80 advice for removing key switches...
>
> Looking from the players point....
> I need to remove the right "Throw"contact from my middle G...(this 
> would bethe lower right spring contact that needs removing........)
>
> It has a crack in the underside which has deteriorated its 
> flexibility, causing the key to sustain after a few good key 
> strikes....(pushing the contact manually back down corrects it 
> momentarily, but the rigidness has gone in the spring to a point it 
> could break off.....
>
>
> So far,I have keybed moved so it is resting across thefront right 
> corner...
> The white plastic cover is off and the bank of switches can be 
> rotated vertically with the screws removed .....
>
> Question
> 1..... how hard (if possible) is the desoldering of the spring 
> contacts? I have removed the solder from the back, but the spring 
> seems to be solid in the PCB....Are these removable?...
>
> 2.....If removable, which direction should I pull,and are there any 
>catches I need to manipulate so it slides easier?
> 
> 3....Are there any replacements contacts amongst this group?(if not,

> I may just swap with a less used key.....) 
>
> Thanks .....she's open and waiting.....lol
> 





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Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring contacts(switches...)

2009-01-27 by Tommy Priakos

Oh, shoot!!  I hate when that sort of stuff happens.  Good luck on the replacement.


--- On Mon, 1/26/09, Laurie Curry <laurie@...> wrote:

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From: Laurie Curry <laurie@...>
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring contacts(switches...)
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Cc: David@...
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 7:34 PM







the spring contact did break....and is now soldered back together as a
temporary fix...

I failed at the removal attempt....
-----Original message-----
From: David Rogoff david@therogoffs. com
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:13:47 -0700
To: yamahacs80@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring
contacts(switches. ..)

I'm not 100% sure what you're referring to. Here's a pic from when I
had 
mine all apart: http://therogoffs. com/cs80/ overhaul/ images/image16. jpg

Can you circle the part you're talking about. Better yet, take a
picture 
of your keyboard, showing the problem. A picture is worth a thousand
words!

David

slammah2006 wrote:
> I have her open and I Need CS80 advice for removing key switches...
>
> Looking from the players point....
> I need to remove the right "Throw"contact from my middle G...(this 
> would bethe lower right spring contact that needs removing.... ....)
>
> It has a crack in the underside which has deteriorated its 
> flexibility, causing the key to sustain after a few good key 
> strikes....( pushing the contact manually back down corrects it 
> momentarily, but the rigidness has gone in the spring to a point it 
> could break off.....
>
>
> So far,I have keybed moved so it is resting across the front right 
> corner...
> The white plastic cover is off and the bank of switches can be 
> rotated vertically with the screws removed .....
>
> Question
> 1..... how hard (if possible) is the desoldering of the spring 
> contacts? I have removed the solder from the back, but the spring 
> seems to be solid in the PCB....Are these removable?.. .
>
> 2.....If removable, which direction should I pull,and are there any 
>catches I need to manipulate so it slides easier?
> 
> 3....Are there any replacements contacts amongst this group?(if not,

> I may just swap with a less used key.....) 
>
> Thanks .....she's open and waiting..... lol
> 

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Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring contacts(switches...)

2009-01-27 by Laurie Curry

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From: "Laurie Curry" laurie@...
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:34:05 -0700
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring
contacts(switches...)


the spring contact did break....and is now soldered back together as a
temporary fix...

here is an enhancement to show what I mean....
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2069/217/125/702632108/n702632108_1726962_5444.jpg
I failed at the removal attempt....
-----Original message-----
From: David Rogoff david@...
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:13:47 -0700
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring
contacts(switches...)

I'm not 100% sure what you're referring to. Here'sa pic from when I
had 
mine all apart: http://therogoffs.com/cs80/overhaul/images/image16.jpg

Can you circle the part you're talking about. Better yet, take a
picture 
of your keyboard, showing the problem. A picture is worth a thousand
words!

David

slammah2006 wrote:
> I have her open and I Need CS80 advice for removing key switches...
>
> Looking from the players point....
> I need to remove the right "Throw"contact from my middle G...(this 
> would bethe lower right spring contact that needs removing........)
>
> It has a crack in the underside which has deteriorated its 
> flexibility, causing the key to sustain after a few good key 
> strikes....(pushing the contact manually back down corrects it 
> momentarily, but the rigidness has gone in the spring to a point it 
> could break off.....
>
>
> Sofar,I have keybed moved so it is resting across the front right 
> corner...
> The white plastic cover is off and the bank of switches can be 
> rotated vertically with the screws removed .....
>
> Question
> 1..... how hard (if possible) is the desoldering of the spring 
> contacts? I have removed the solder from the back, but the spring 
> seems to be solid in the PCB....Are these removable?...
>
> 2.....If removable, which direction should I pull,and are there any 
>catches I need to manipulate so it slides easier?
> 
> 3....Are there any replacements contacts amongst this group?(if not,

> I may just swap with a less used key.....) 
>
> Thanks .....she's open and waiting.....lol
> 





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Re: Need CS80 advice for removing key spring contacts(switches...)

2009-01-27 by Quazimodo

Hi Laurie, just a thought - but looking at the backs of the switches 
for the Chorus/Tremolo section - they seem to use very similar 
components...!

Also it's hard to see in your photo exactly where the strip is broken..

Cheers,
TOM




> -----Original message-----
> From: "Laurie Curry" laurie@...
> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:34:05 -0700
> To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Need CS80 advice for removing key spring
> contacts(switches...)
> 
> 
> the spring contact did break....and is now soldered back together as a
> temporary fix...
> 
> here is an enhancement to show what I mean....
> http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-
snc1/v2069/217/125/702632108/n702632108_1726962_5444.jpg
> I failed at the removal attempt....

Cheap CS-50 on Ebay

2009-02-16 by David

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190287276546

Amazing synth and underpriced

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Re: [yamahacs80] Cheap CS-50 on Ebay

2009-02-16 by JH.

Seems the smaller CS models finally get into a price range that reflects 
their usefulness.
(I wouldn't let my CS-50 go for that price, btw.)

JH.

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From: "David" <d2ba@...>
To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:08 AM
Subject: [yamahacs80] Cheap CS-50 on Ebay


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190287276546

Amazing synth and underpriced

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Re: [yamahacs80] Cheap CS-50 on Ebay

2009-02-16 by David

I cant think of any other poly vintage synth that you can get for that  
price that is a nice as a CS-50
I have a JP6 and I much prefer to play the CS-50
I suspect the CS-50 has less problems then its bigger brothers
The big negative about the  CS-50,60,80 is that may owners are afraid  
to use these a lot because of fear of a part blowing on power up
I saw this first hand at a house in Glendowie NZ -the owner had a  
CS-60 and a CS-80 and always tends to create a sound and then sample  
in into Kontact and then make the track he was dead afraid each time  
he switched the CS-80 on

cheers David

On 16/02/2009, at 8:30 PM, JH. wrote:

> Seems the smaller CS models finally get into a price range that  
> reflects
> their usefulness.
> (I wouldn't let my CS-50 go for that price, btw.)
>
> JH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David" <d2ba@...>
> To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:08 AM
> Subject: [yamahacs80] Cheap CS-50 on Ebay
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190287276546
>
> Amazing synth and underpriced
>
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Re: [yamahacs80] Cheap CS-50 on Ebay

2009-02-16 by David

BTW -His Kontact library is priceless and there is nothing  
commercially on the market that I know of that comes close
He uses an Apogee Rosetta 800 or believe it not a modified Studer ADAT  
via lightpipe
In some cases he samples every note nothing else will do

David
On 16/02/2009, at 8:42 PM, David wrote:

> I cant think of any other poly vintage synth that you can get for that
> price that is a nice as a CS-50
> I have a JP6 and I much prefer to play the CS-50
> I suspect the CS-50 has less problems then its bigger brothers
> The big negative about the CS-50,60,80 is that may owners are afraid
> to use these a lot because of fear of a part blowing on power up
> I saw this first hand at a house in Glendowie NZ -the owner had a
> CS-60 and a CS-80 and always tends to create a sound and then sample
> in into Kontact and then make the track he was dead afraid each time
> he switched the CS-80 on
>
> cheers David
>
> On 16/02/2009, at 8:30 PM, JH. wrote:
>
> > Seems the smaller CS models finally get into a price range that
> > reflects
> > their usefulness.
> > (I wouldn't let my CS-50 go for that price, btw.)
> >
> > JH.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David" <d2ba@...>
> > To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:08 AM
> > Subject: [yamahacs80] Cheap CS-50 on Ebay
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190287276546
> >
> > Amazing synth and underpriced
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
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Re: [yamahacs80] Cheap CS-50 on Ebay

2009-02-16 by Wavecomputer360

"Cheap" is, of course, always a relative term. And I´m sure it´s not going to stay that way, either.

Stephen

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"Ambition makes you look pretty ugly, kicking squealing Gucci little piggy." (Thom Yorke/Radiohead -- "Paranoid Android") 

Stephen Parsick live in concert: Bochum Planetarium (Germany), 13th of December, 2008, 08:00 pm.

Finally available: Stephen Parsick -- Traces of the Past Redux, reissued with three previously unreleased bonus tracks. For more info please check www.parsick.com

For legal downloads please check:

http://www.musiczeit.com/directory.php?artist=296&title=Stephen+Parsick

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David 
  To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:08 AM
  Subject: [yamahacs80] Cheap CS-50 on Ebay


  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190287276546

  Amazing synth and underpriced

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Cheap CS-50 on Ebay

2009-02-28 by David

Here you go another one at a great price
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280316939988



On 17/02/2009, at 12:28 AM, Wavecomputer360 wrote:

> "Cheap" is, of course, always a relative term. And I´m sure it´s not  
> going to stay that way, either.
>
> Stephen
>
> __________________________________________________________
>
> "Ambition makes you look pretty ugly, kicking squealing Gucci little  
> piggy." (Thom Yorke/Radiohead -- "Paranoid Android")
>
> Stephen Parsick live in concert: Bochum Planetarium (Germany), 13th  
> of December, 2008, 08:00 pm.
>
> Finally available: Stephen Parsick -- Traces of the Past Redux,  
> reissued with three previously unreleased bonus tracks. For more  
> info please check www.parsick.com
>
> For legal downloads please check:
>
> http://www.musiczeit.com/directory.php?artist=296&title=Stephen 
> +Parsick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David
> To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:08 AM
> Subject: [yamahacs80] Cheap CS-50 on Ebay
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190287276546
>
> Amazing synth and underpriced
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> 



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