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Keyboard (Musical) One key won't play!

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  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    If it's just the one key at the very end of the keyboard and you don't have a clue how to repair it then my advice would be to put it back together again. That way you will have a fully functional 69 key keyboard rather than one with 70 keys none of which work.

    Of course you could strike lucky and fix it but the odds aren't all that good.
  • Calm_3
    Calm_3 Posts: 31 Forumite
    kwikbreaks wrote: »
    If it's just the one key at the very end of the keyboard and you don't have a clue how to repair it then my advice would be to put it back together again. That way you will have a fully functional 69 key keyboard rather than one with 70 keys none of which work.

    Of course you could strike lucky and fix it but the odds aren't all that good.

    Hi, I partially agree with you , I could use it as a 69 key keyboard but an auto accompaniment is also used on that key , having used keyboards in the past I do tend to use every key from the auto accompaniment section.
    If I don't fix it, it isn't a matter of life and death as I could just get another one for quite a cheap price off of eBay or other sites, but I want to see if I can have a go at it myself. I do find this a bit daunting, but I'd rather not give up before I begin, i'll consider it a project :p
    Thanks,
    Josh
  • asbokid
    asbokid Posts: 2,008 Forumite
    edited 20 June 2011 at 3:55PM
    it looks like the ribbon cables need to be unplugged.. you will have to remove the cable that plugs into the socket on the white-metal back plate. that plate will then need to come off (looks like a dozen screws retain it)..

    beneath that plate will be the individual contacts or keypads for each key. i've never dismantled a electric piano keyboard, but it wouldn't surprise me if the contacts were similar in design to cheap PC keyboards and AV remote controls, which make use of graphite on the keypads.. the graphite can wear away over time, especially if there has been heavy use or water ingress. there are a few suggestions here for ways of replacing the graphite or substituting it.. http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=49144

    EDIT:

    Is the k/b second hand to you? From your third photo, below, it looks like someone has previously removed the screws to that metal backplate...

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