[A6] a6 keyboard rattles + checklist

[David Evans]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 10:46:50PM -0400, Chris Pickett wrote:
> yes, they were all there ... my a6 is currently open, what fun!
> 

  Yeah...isn't it a fun thing to open?

> inside, i found that what can only be the voice board (on the right, 
> with 16 chips on it), is only held down by 2 screws instead of 6.

  Ouch!  How did that happen?  Are the voice board standoffs still intact?
Good thing that the flexing the voice board got durring shipping didn't do
it any harm.

> so i'm thinking about 
> taking four of these screws and putting them on the voice board (no 
> spare screws at home).  sound like a bad idea?  i'll obviously take them 
> from different regions of the panel boards.
> 

  I suppose, as long as you could get the panel boards to still be secure.
A better plan would be to get more screws.

> select some fairly basic patch (no arpeggiation or anything), hold down 
> a note, and run your finger along the ribbon controller.  does the 
> modulation "skip" a little bit?  if i do it very slowly, there is a 
> smooth continuum from the left to the right, but any faster and i start 
> to hear "hiccups".  it's kind of intermittent.  do i need to get the 
> ribbon replaced?  any suggestions on how to make this go away?
> 

  Mine doesn't do this.  However, it takes practice to quickly run your
finger along the ribbon quickly while maintaining constant contact.  Perhaps
your finger's contact is intermitent?

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