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l8rdood Junior Member
Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 56 Location: The "O.C."
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 3:49 am Post subject: Keys are more noisy than others & have to strike harder |
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Hi, I haven't posted in a long time. My set of keys in the middle C area are less responsive & noisy when I strike them. How do I fix this? Any tutorials? _________________ My Gear- Korg Koronos 88, Korg Triton Extreme 76, Korg M1R, Korg R3, Korg Kaossilator(that's just the Korg stuff)Thanks for all your help! |
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geoelectro Platinum Member
Joined: 14 Sep 2012 Posts: 1038 Location: Texas
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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Keyboards that exhibit noise etc. in the areas that are played the most usually have wear in that area. One of the first things to wear is felts. I looked at an 88 note K that had a very worn felt under the keybed. It was the felt that stops the key weight. Eventually, that weight can begin to cut through the felt and then it stops more suddenly as it is now being stopped with the metal frame. This makes noise.
I would suggest that key weight stop felt is worn which can be verified by taking the bottom off and looking at it. A replacement may be available from Parts is Parts.
Other wear can occur in the keys and weights themselves but I've not encountered it with a Kronos. In general, a typical issue is lubrication going bad. It gets displaced over time and can cause sticking keys or sluggish response.
Wear in the contacts can cause keys to not respond properly such as playing too soft or too loud.
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Fes357
Joined: 27 Apr 2015 Posts: 25
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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I don´t know what kind of noise you hear, but in my experience with the 73, you should check the gap between the keys and the front bar of the keyboard. Use the spacers that come with the RH3 keyboard, or a credit card will do. The long bar tend to bend slighty on the middle. The gap should be the same all along. Try to pull it out a bit, hold it and check if the sound remains. If not you should loosen the bolts under the keybed and push it a little back. I hope this helps, if it´s the felt, you will have to open it. Cheers _________________ KronosX73, JD800, DX7, ARP2600, Prologue 16 Nanopad2, Jupiter X, Cubase 8.5, Roland TR08, Model D, Ableton 11, Arturia V Collection 9, Ominsphere 2.8, B System 100, B ARP 2500,SV-2, Roland TR-8s, Drumlogue |
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benny ray Platinum Member
Joined: 28 Nov 2014 Posts: 628
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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From what I hear the felt tips wear out fairly easily but I have not had any problem yet. _________________ K2 Kronos 88, Mojo 61, Korg CX3, Roland FANTOM 7 |
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GregC Platinum Member
Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 9451 Location: Discovery Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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benny ray wrote: | From what I hear the felt tips wear out fairly easily but I have not had any problem yet. |
Same here. This is interesting. I am on 7 years on my K88. I don't believe my felts are worn out. Its possible my K88 has ' low mileage'.
Korg', as we know from 7 yrs ago had a big Snafu on defective felts on a 'run ' of Kroni'. That whole mess resulted in the Kronos "X " model.
I have read some cases recently where 1 or 2 owners are finally dealing with their defective felt problem on their old K. _________________ Kronos 88. MODX8
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