D-50 keybed repairs - suitable for a total newbie?

[smid1584]

I just bought my second D-50 and was quite heartbroken to find that for the billionth time, a keyboard has arrived in the mail with a couple keys not working right. Nothing is mechanically broken, but one key doesn't produce any noise, another key only does so intermittently, and I suspect at least a few others might be a bit inconsistent regarding velocity.

There are a handful of videos on YouTube about opening up a D-50 and making minor repairs to the keybed. Does anyone on this forum have experience doing this? I'm not looking for tips so much as much as an idea of whether I should even try this in the first place.

I'd love to learn how to handle this issue myself in the future, but I love my vintage synths and don't want to ruin them with a clumsy repair attempt. Thanks!

[sandwich]

Seeing that you already have a D-50 which I assume works okay, I would go for it. Then you'll know what to expect in the future should you need to do it again

[Jabberwalky]

It's a pain to get to the keybed, and the contacts. Just remember which screws go where because there are about 30 of them. Have glue on hand to affix the plastic back down. Every D50 I've encountered had the same issues.

[Bitexion]

Luckily the only problem with mine is that the G#3 key always plays max velocity. It's not the most used key on the keyboard so I just leave it as is.