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My friend Ken Baird had a Yamaha CS10 sitting around forever collecting dust, mostly because the audio output was wrecked and several keys were broken. It worked alright, but was in sad shape. Thankfully the sliders, pots and keys all still worked as they were supposed to. The biggest problem… The broken keys! Where to…
My friend Ken Baird has had this wonderful Sequential Circuits Pro 1 keyboard for many years, and over time, the rubber stops underneath the keys aged, hardened, and in some cases, came off. The result for the keyboard was it had uneven keys, making it a little awkward to play, and it also clicked a…
Interesting story behind this restoration. My friend Dave Carswell had a friend from college days that was also into music and bands. Dave had an Arp Axxe that wound up with a power problem. He gave it to his friend, they lost touch, and that was that. We were talking about the keyboard not long…
The year was 2009. The Watch, an awesome progressive rock band from Italy, was coming to Hamilton Place in Hamilton, ON, Canada to perform. Due to instrument logistical issues (cost of freight, european power supplies, etc. etc. etc) they had asked for help obtaining gear locally for the show. “We need a Hammond L-100 organ.”…