PLS Help!

[Gagggy]

I own a korg TR 88 keyboard and I would like to clean it because i've been giggin' it for two years now and I just recently bought a decent flight case to protect it.

Some of the glassy buttons have a weaker response and require stronger pressure in order to react.

I would like to open it up so I can blow the dust away with an air compressor and clean it, as well as to paint the lateral wooden sides of the casing which have been scratched and damaged.

I ask you kindly for any help or guidance on the matter since I've never taken apart any kind of sophisticated keyboards in my life and I wouldn't like to mess anything up.

[patches]

I dont know your level of handyman skills gaggy. If you were comfortable building/tearing dowm/repairing desktop computers and similar items, you probably wouldnt have asked this question. Really, it isnt too hard, but if you blow air into something and it comes "apart" , you will not know what to do.......best advice for you: take it in to a service place, even your local music store that fixes amps should be ok......$25 would be well spent instead of trouble!

[Gagggy]

Hahaha, i guess that the level of my craftsmanship is hopefully below my playing skills
Seriously, I've played with computers and electronics, but i'm used to it as something "straight forward", what i mean is that all the components are rather..independent and it's easy to tear it down and repair. Now I'm wondering if there is anything amazingly sensitive inside this casing that i should not fiddle with. I do have another gig in a few days, so..

Did you ever open it ? The 88key variant. . .
Thank you for replying!

[JohanHult]

I've opened up my TR61 once and imagine it's fairly similar as the 88 with exception on the keypad.

When I opened it the keypad was easily detach just unplugging a small wire with just a click. Everything else seemed really well screwed together. You might just wanna be a little carefull with the memory ram if you have that installed. I would be surprised if anything would fall of just airblowing it. But who knows if it's been on the road a bit hehe. I guess you've handled it with care though... :p In case you might wanna take some pictures of the inside before cleaning it.

Make sure to be thorough putting the keypad back on, it took me a little time getting all the keys back in to place without anyone of them sticking up (or down :p) more than the others. But it's really a simple task!

Yeah, and just pay attention when unscrewing it so you know where everything should go when putting it back together.

Good luck

[JohanHult]

Just remembered. You might wanna watch out for static electricity (if that's what it's called in english :p). Just put your hands in some metal parts on the synth before touching any inside components

[Gagggy]

I've done it. Not a big deal, but if anyone else wants to do it...just don't be violent.
The phones output is connected with the main board via a cable that is pretty tight, so be careful not to tear it.
Like Johan said, watch for the screws and adjust the wooden plate perfectly so they fit spot on!

The keyboard itself wasn't too dirty, not as I thought it would be.
Now that I've done it , I'm considering to protect it a bit more by stuffing all those little holes thus making it dust-proof.

The only thing that annoys me indefinitely on my TR (besides lacking more IFXs ) is insensibility of the glassy buttons. Those are simply violent. From the day I bought the keyboard I thought how bad they were.

Every other user i know personally has experienced the same dissatisfaction with these clicking buttons and I'm really thinking of replacing them with some custom made rubber pads.
But they should also be transparent