From frederick.somerville@gmail.com Fri Feb 10 02:31:28 2012
Subject:Re: Blues Glues: Re: BX-3 Found - Questions On Possible Repair

An even better explination

2012/2/10 Keith H Clark

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>
> Also the bathroom caulk is conductive, creating a resistance load on any
> circuit it touches!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Frederick Somerville
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 3:26 AM
> To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [CWSG] Blues Glues: Re: BX-3 Found - Questions On Possible
> Repair
>
> Do NOT !!!!!! use bathroom type silicone.
> It has Vinegar as a curing compund. Which can cause corrosion on
> surrounding
> parts Find a type that is vinegarfree.
> I do not know if it is true or not but better safe than sorry
>
> 2012/2/7 jukefox
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> >
> > The Kurzweil 2600 (1999) used a similar ribbon cable which was
> > notorious for causing similar problems. When Sweetwater Sound began
> > carrying this unit, they realized that they could prevent the
> > potential overload of service problems for this expensive keyboard by
> > simply opening up each one up, disconnecting the ribbon cables,
> > spraying them liberally with De-Ox-It, running a bead of RTV silicone
> > adhesive around each connector base and reconnecting them before
> > closing up the cabinets and shipping them off to the buyers. They also
> > made certain current operating systems were loaded and included some
> > "bonus" patches, presumably in part to ease potential customer pain from
> seeing that their keyboard was no longer factory sealed.
> >
> > This was a brilliant solution on Sweetwater's part, not only
> > preventing them from having to take in hundreds of potential returns,
> > but helping them solidify their reputation of having the best customer
> > service in the industry. It probably didn't hurt the Kurzweil
> > reputation any either, making all of their units moved by Sweetwater
> > Sound much more reliable. It is also a lesson that should have been
> > learned by clonewheel and other keyboard manufacturers globally, and a
> > routine that, IMO, should have been built into the standard
> > manufacturing process of every instrument that uses ribbon connectors.
> >
> > Meanwhile, I did this with my CX3 shortly after purchasing it and
> > before pressing it into road service. I have never had a problem of
> > any sort with this instrument (other than user error in figuring out
> > the expression knob), despite literally thousands of hours of service
> > and hundreds of moves. I would highly recommend performing this simple
> > procedure on any board you intend to transport. Just make certain that
> > the instrument is unplugged prior to opening it up and that you give
> > the RTV silicone adhesive adequate curing time prior to closing it
> > back up and applying power to the circuits.
> >
> > Best,
> > Fox
> >
> > --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, Goff Macaraeg wrote:
> > >
> > > My first clone was a CX. The thing got intermittent shortly after I
> > > bought it new from GC. It would get low in volume on the gig and it
> > > was all I could to get the volume back was to smack the bottom of
> > > the unit till it came back, Ribbon type connectors are famous for
> > > going out. I have a Marshall JTM30 amp that does that often. Cool amp,
> bad design.
> > > Volume gets low all of a sudden. Its a tube amp but those plastic
> > > ribbon connectors aren't the most reliable. I'm surprised to find
> > > out Korg didn't learn from the CX first versions to make better
> > > connections.
> > >
> > > Gf
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bruce Wahler
> > > To: CloneWheel
> > > Sent: Tue, Feb 7, 2012 10:29 am
> > > Subject: Re: [CWSG] BX-3 Found - Questions On Possible Repair
> > >
> > > Â
> > > I had a similar problem on my BX-3 after about three years. In my
> > > case, the lower manual would only stay on Preset 2. A reseating of
> > > the cables fixed the problem. It's not a *guarantee*, but it's a
> > > very likely scenario.
> > >
> >
>
> --
> MVH Frederick Somerville
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