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Hi Dan,

I'm hoping you can help out with some advice or information.

I had to return two weighted Kronoses last year, due to weird "clonking" sounds coming from specific keys on the weighted action on each one.

I decided to wait before going ahead with another Kronos!

I've just picked up a Kronos 73, with a serial number that is lower than expected (1871)... I suspect it has sat in Musiclink Australia's warehouse for about four months.

Can you provide some advice on whether Kronoses are now shipping with the new version of the weighted action?

I am also unclear as to whether this is a different action, or exactly the same unit as the RH3, but with more stringent quality control. Is the new "KDP" action mentioned on this forum actually a new/modified keybed?

I haven't opened this Kronos yet... I am really afraid that it may have the old action, and even if it feels OK and doesn't make clunking noises or show the "note cutoff" problem initially, it may fail further down the track.

Was the quality control revised by the time Kronos 73 number 1871 rolled off the assembly line? Or does it still have the early RH3 keybed, which may fail?

Please provide me with some advice, I'm a long-term Korg user (having owned Korgs as far back as the 01/W - and a Trinity and various Tritons in between!). I am very pleased to see you are on this forum providing info and support to Korg owners (I've never seen Yamaha or Roland's senior people offering help on their respective forums!!) I would be really grateful if you could provide some advice and information on my questions above.

Cheers and thanks,
Mike

[Hooch]

Loaded question.
Weighted answer.


John

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[jimknopf]

And certainly not too much to ask after what has happened before!
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[McHale]

except having two separate threads on it is a little redundant.
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[danatkorg]

Regardless of the vintage of the RH3, I am not aware of any specific concerns regarding the feel or behavior changing over time. If you like the feel and have no problems out of the box then it should continue to serve you well for some time to come, within the natural limitations of keyboard mechanisms.

That's the extent of what I can offer; I'm sorry that I cannot answer some of your other questions.

Best regards,

Dan
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