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Dear fellow casiophiles. You helped me before, please help me again. I bought a vintage Casiotone MT-70 and while cleaning it, I found that one key lifts up(see the photo). It is B bang in the middle of the keyboard, so I wonder whether it's not a bug but a feature, a place where two bits of keyboard were mounted together. The key plays and otherwise behaves normally, but I wonder whether I could fix it. I tried to press it really hard to see whether something would click back in place, but nothing did. Is it fixable at all? Thank you for your wisdom!

HI Brad. I must be blind, but I do not see the full tones list in the appendix. I see drum assignment, song list, MIDI, etc but no list of all 600 tones. Could you kindly point me in the right direction please? I seemed to have looked through the manual and online... Am I missing something? I just want a list of all rhythms and tones for Ct-X800. Thank you

do you reckon this one would work with a keyboard because it'd have more than 15w? THe quality won't be great, but just the idea of plugging the headset into a keyboard always interested me... https://www.amazon.com/Microphone-Waterproof-Transmitter-Instructor-Smartphone/dp/B07Y9H3XX3/ref=pd_sbs_2/141-5627323-3525515?pd_rd_w=aoJsg&pf_rd_p=3676f086-9496-4fd7-8490-77cf7f43f846&pf_rd_r=YZYNJKKHB96NWPE6TB8K&pd_rd_r=a0020c67-9805-4095-afe1-7e486a5b8f76&pd_rd_wg=r79OW&pd_rd_i=B07Y9H3XX3&psc=1

Taking a $1000 keys in hope to make $50 busking-that's the spirit, we've all been there;) blue tooth would give you a delay, I'd guess. Some keys like Roland have a special mike input. I wouldn't just plug random things into random inputs on expensive keys, but I am just cautious I guess. Have you tried getting an app on a device that would do that? I know there is a mike app for the phone(you sing into the phone and it amplifies your voice)-but it LAGS. there are also USB powered mikes, but I am not sure whether this would work. Will follow this topic as I also thought about this (but too scared to plug random things into random holes). What, even if it works, it will blow the speakers up? I have a TC Helicon voicelive touch2 which you can plug an XLR mike and then TC Helicon narrows it to a big male unit to plug into an amp, I guess it works as preamp. It's got heaps of voice effects though, if you come across this unit-I recommend. You can also harmonise with yourself using it, as your keys plug into it and it reads the harmony off your accompanement.

Very clever solution to 3D print parts! I find Casio still being the best value for money. My other keyboard is a new modern expensive Kawai and I've had issues with it. So, if you buy a brand new older model Casio, it will still be a good value, I think. Nothing lasts forever, but many 15 years old Casios are still going strong!

I just did an image search for this part, which I also need and it came up with this: https://www.pacparts.com/model.cfm?mfg=casio&model_id=PX700&action=list_part Hope this helps!

So, a month after I did not buy that keyboard, it popped up for sale again with a much more honest photos(attached). He is asking even more than what it was going for, presumably to retrieve his costs. In the meantime, I googled the problems and the rubber dampers can be bought and replaced, but for what he is currently asking, it's not worth it. Plus, it is missing a triple pedal unit and this is a model which you can't just hook any pedal to... Will only buy if he sells really cheap, but some newbie could buy it without knowing much about the problem...

As promised, here is an update on my repairs. I repaired the clicking key by putting a metal clip over it (see the photo). This worked, kind of. Unfortunately, the key in question was next to the screw and the clip would make a click every time the key was lifted-if it wasn't for a screw on the right, this wouldn't have happened. This bothered me enough to disassemble the keyboard again and try a different solution this time using the plastic tie they often use for cords when you buy something. I have a whole collection of them. This worked much better and there is no noise anymore. Hope someone would find it helpful.

Some internal photos of my Privia PX350 for Jokeyman123-long overdue, sorry! I wasn't sure what to photograph, sorry if that's not what you were looking for. Also, will do a separate post on how I improved on my own repairs.

Hi everyone, I am contemplating buying Privia PX 730, the keys look uneven on the photo, but surely it should be something easy to fix? I can't find anything here on "uneven keys", please kindly share your wisdom if you have any experience with these. Maybe it's not worth it? Photo attached. Thank you.

Arrrgh!!!! Thank you for this info, will disassemble on Monday and will remove all the jelly. Thank you for best wishes, Jokeyman123, although I am not technical, this was an easy fix and using the power drill to unscrew all the screws saved a lot of time. I did use other people's advice not to use the power drill for screwing the screws back... Since I will be opening it up, I will also try to push my clip a bit to see whether this will make a difference. Luckily, clips are cheaper than hammers. Someone should make a channel about fixing pianos with twigs and straw LOL

Not easily available, would have to order from the dealer and it's probably too complicated, I am a pianist, this is way above my expertise...

I understand what you mean about black plastic bits twisting out of place-this happened with some other keys when I was assembling the keyboard-some keys popped back easily, some didn't and when we lifted them again, the black rubber thingie was out of place. I have become a keyboard disassembling ninja in the process, as I had to do it three times(not in the vid, because it's stupid). First time I missed a whole set of screws(kept them in a separate bowl and missed them completely), second, when I assembled, something was rattling inside, I opened one side and a flat piece of grey rectangular plastic fell out(about the size of that metal bit that I put in place, but thinner). I don't know whether it was lose before, or something gave in during my fiddling with it. Good advice re grease-I didn't really clean anything, as I did not have any replacement grease. When closing, I scooped some from nearby keys and put on the one I dealt with. I also added petroleum jelly and am now having second thoughts about it, as it might affect those black rubber caps on the keys...

other pieces seemed to have been glued as I didn't see any joints or screws. The noise of A#-yeah, maybe we should have placed the clip a bit closer outward(toward the player)... When we tested before assembling, there was still some noise, it didnt become worse when we assembled. if you look on the leftmost key (the one we didn't remove), you can see how it arches really high, so the noise is not from the clip contact with the key itself. Maybe I should disassemble again, but this will be a project for the next lockdown

here is my 3 min video of the process with some interesting finds...Hope someone might find it helpful. Thank you for your helpful suggestions which I used https://vimeo.com/446327916