Re: K250 - 3 dead and 2 intermittent keys - help

"Christian Petersen [email protected] [KurzList]" <[email protected]> Wed, 25 Dec 2019 19:04:16 -0500
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Thanks for the video. Very helpful!



> On Dec 23, 2019, at 1:50 PM, Calvin Hamlin [email protected] [KurzLi=
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>> On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 1:27 PM Christian Petersen [email protected]=
m [KurzList] <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hey all, look a K250 question in 2019!!
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>> I hope someone can help.  I have a K250 that my father in law bought new=
 many years ago and kept it in pristine condition in his studio until he pa=
ssed it to my wife and it went into storage.  Anyway, we just pulled it out=
 of storage and set it up for my son who is thrilled to have a weighted 88 =
key keyboard in his room for late night rock piano practice. We plugged it =
in and turned it on and everything seemed to work flawlessly except=E2=80=
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>> 3 keys don=E2=80=99t work at all, 2 keys work intermittently (they somet=
imes play then go out with repeated presses), and one of the lower octaves =
seems to play quieter.  I=E2=80=99m guessing its either a connection, dust/=
dirt, or corrosion issue with the problem contacts.  I haven=E2=80=99t crac=
ked the case yet, as I hoped to find some guidance on the internet first on=
 what to do, look for, and not to do.  I called Sweetwater and they referre=
d me an authorized Kurzweil service center (that is closed until after the =
new year).  Unfortunately, I can=E2=80=99t find much amount the K250.
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>>  Any suggestions?  Thank you in advance.
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>>  Christian
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      <p></p><p style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&=
quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Hey all, look a K250 ques=
tion in 2019!!</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Helvetica =
Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">I hope someone can h=
elp.&nbsp; I have a K250 that my father in law bought new many years ago an=
d kept it in pristine condition in his studio until he passed it to my wife=
 and it went into storage.&nbsp; Anyway, we just pulled it out of storage a=
nd set it up for my son who is thrilled to have a weighted 88 key keyboard =
in his room for late night rock piano practice. We plugged it in and turned=
 it on and everything seemed to work flawlessly except=E2=80=A6</p><p style=
=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial=
,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">3 keys don=E2=80=99t work at all, 2 keys work =
intermittently (they sometimes play then go out with repeated presses), and=
 one of the lower octaves seems to play quieter.&nbsp; I=E2=80=99m guessing=
 its either a connection, dust/dirt, or corrosion issue with the problem co=
ntacts.&nbsp; I haven=E2=80=99t cracked the case yet, as I hoped to find so=
me guidance on the internet first on what to do, look for, and not to do.&n=
bsp; I called Sweetwater and they referred me an authorized Kurzweil servic=
e center (that is closed until after the new year).&nbsp; Unfortunately, I =
can=E2=80=99t find much amount the K250.</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);fo=
nt-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1=
3px;">&nbsp;Any suggestions?&nbsp; Thank you in advance.</p><p style=3D"col=
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erif;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;">&nbsp;Christian</p><p></p>

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