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No, I never ended up doing anymore to it. I sold it a year or more ago now.

@ ah I expect you a good price. I thought you mentioned you’ve got another E-20 as well as the one you sold. Yes, it is a good old vintage model and again, I’m not parting with my Roland E 30. It’s brilliant and I’ve also got an E 70 which is also fantastic.

We really enjoyed it. We hadn't done any cruises before so we weren't sure what to expect. We were told by a Tripadeal manager to lower our expectations as what we might consider rude or unacceptable behaviour is considered normal in China. This got us a bit concerned, but it turned out that we had nothing really to worry about. It's not a cruise like a Princess or P&O cruise, but we did enjoy it.

@ Glad to hear! We haven’t cruised either but have already been to China on a 10 day tour with Tripadeal earlier this year so we know what to expect. Overall most people we interacted with in China were very friendly and yeah there’s some cultural differences in behaviour at times but nothing really bad. We Loved China enough to go back and see a lot more on a 20 day trip next year!

​@@antonk6566yes this was our second visit to China too.

@@adventurefound I went to Chongqing in October 2023 and regret very much not having enough time to take a cruise to the Three Gorges.

@@max_dsouth9 it was definitely a highlight!

@@Mynameis_sophia she enjoyed it a lot! Thank you!

@@adventurefound you welcome !

@mozinoz7103 yes, we did it through Tripadeal too! The room upgrade wasn't that expensive. There were several options. You could just upgrade the room, or just upgrade the dining room. There were 3 different dining room options. On our trip, everyone upgraded to the top level dining room, but not everyone upgraded the rooms. From memory, we paid about $550AUD total to upgrade the room to the highest option and the dining to the highest option.

@@adventurefound thank you :)

@2shollys1show74 thank you! We booked this as part of a 10 day trip to China, through an Australian travel package company called Tripadeal. If you Google the ship name (China Goddess 2), you should find the cruise lines webpage. I'm sure you would be able to book direct with them.

Hi! Good point! Unfortunately, I no longer have this keyboard, however, let me explain it. Each key is held in place at the rear by a small spring. I simply grasped the top of the spring with the pliers, and lifted it, allowing the spring to be removed. Then the key itself simply lifts out. They do have a little catch type hook on them which stops them from pointing up, which is the part that was snapped off one key. Once the springs are off, the keys basically just come straight out. Refitting is just the reverse process.

Thankyou!

We have stayed in hotels with smaller rooms!

Thank you! China is such a beautiful place.

We really enjoy China. This was our 2nd time there.

Thanks Gareth! We're working on part 1 of the rest of the trip.

We were told to have very low expectations, especially if comparing to more traditional P&O type cruises etc. We had never cruised before, so we had no idea what to expect. We were very pleasantly surprised.

Good to hear! Glad you found it helpful!

That's about $140 Australian. If it's 100% working I'd say that's ok. I paid $50 Australian for mine, and then found another in worse condition for free. There aren't that many out there anymore so it's kind of a sellers market.

Hi! Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you found the video helpful. Luckily, I didn't need any springs when I did this repair. I would assume that most specialist musical instrument stores should be able to source the parts for you. I had a quick look on eBay for you but was unable to find anything. Another idea would be to look out for another E20 on marketplace or ebay that may be going free or cheap, and you may be able to use one of them for parts to make 1 complete one.

Edit! I did find these on ebay. I'm 99% certain these are the correct springs. www.ebay.com/itm/404081857805

@@adventurefound yeah I found them too thank you for responding I appreciate that. I found some on keyboard kountry. Like .75 a piece :)

@@Iron-Van oh great. Much better price.

Hi! I believe they were 4 ohm 3 watt speakers.

​@@adventurefound Wow, thank you! That was my dream keyboard as a teenager. The only song I ever played on an E-20 was Micheal Jackson's "I just can't stop loving you". I never owned one. Today I can actually design my own brand of keyboards. But that is still on my bucket list. Not too sure if it will be a good idea, because the market is saturated with Keyboard brands.

@steffanjansenvanvuuren3257 the E20 certainly seems to be a popular model. I don't play myself, but was given this one, which needed repair. It was a fairly straightforward process. Good luck with your keyboard designing mate!

@@adventurefound It was good to see the inside. Thank you. Electronics were still very bulky back then.

Seems to have pretty much only affected Lara.

Yes mate, this was today, 13th of Feb, 2024.

Hi! Unfortunately, I am unfamiliar with that model, and the repair featured in this video was a once off that I made as I worked it out myself. I am not a technician at all, and I don't even own the E20 that I repaired anymore. I have had a quick search for possible tips for you, but I may need a bit more information, as I don't seem to be able to find much at all that sounds like the same problem. I did read that the E86 is easily damaged when opened, so I'd suggest that perhaps something may have become damaged or disconnected when you opened it?

Sorry dude. I never got back to it.

@@adventurefound I’m sure you’ll find a spare moment. The E 20 is very good and a legend and yes, I’m certainly not parting with my E 30 as again, it is a real legend has a lot of character and I certainly love the extra stuff on board, the E 30, including the extra 64 sounds et cetera. I’ve got much more modern keyboards as well which are fantastic including my recent purchase of a Yamaha PSR SX 900 which is brilliant and modern. However, and again, the E 30 certainly has a special place in my heart, and I wanted to salvage one for years, as I gladly owned one years ago and regretted selling it so again, the one I have I am definitely going to keep, been using in some of my multi track demos.

Hi! I actually acquired a second one, in slightly better overall condition, so it became a mute point to make one good one out of the 2, when the latest acquisition was slightly better anyway.

@@adventurefound oh good. Have you finished making the second one from the other as a downer? I’m STILL loving the good old vintage E-30 I salvaged last year and the new internal battery is working fine. Though these type of keyboards synthesisers are very dated, they are absolutely brilliant and certainly the one I salvaged recently is extremely sentimental and has character to it and so therefore, I will not be parting with it, NO chance. Of course of course, I’ve got far more modern sophisticated music keyboards but again, this vintage E 30 is absolutely brilliant and it is not the first one I had as I owned one many years ago but I regretted selling it and again, this one I salvaged last year, I will not be parting with and it is in better condition than the previous one I owned many years ago.

@@adventurefound P.S, I’d love to see you using the other as a downer if you’ve not yet finished repairing it swapping parts from the diner to the one in better condition.

@bestrickie2 at this stage I have no plans to do anything further with either of them, but you never know!

Many thanks!

Oh that would be great, but unfortunately I don't play! I just like to tinker and fix things.

Haha yes I know! You know, I only rewatched this the other day when my 8 year old put it on, and I realised the volume was soo bad! I'll try to revisit it and see if I can improve them!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks legend! Appreciate it!

Thank you!

Thanks mate! We do have some more videos in the pipeline. Stay tuned!

Hey! No, I didn't replace the volume caps or the tempo control joystick. I did get a new battery for it, but haven't gotten around to fitting it yet. I did acquire another unit exactly the same for free, and the joystick was not broken, and it only has 1 key that isn't working right, so I think I'll just fix that 1 key, and then keep the one that I fixed in this video as a spare for parts, or sell it off cheap. Unfortunately they don't command much money on the second hand market these days. Thanks for your comment, and for the sub!

@@adventurefound well done. Yes it’s a fantastic music keyboard and holds the linear arithmetic sounds you may well be aware of. As I was saying, I’d love to get my hands on an E 30 Roland which is very much like the E 20 but has an extra 64 additional sounds and a few other features but it is an extreme rarity as they are very sought after. II were you I’d keep the E 20 which is in the best condition and use the other one which is maybe not in as good condition as spare parts as you never know when things come in handy. For example, if the power supply became worn out and other, at least you would have a spare one. I wish I could even get a VST plug-in with all those sounds including the extra 64 from the E 30. Having said that, I’ve got a Roland pro E which is based on the E 20 and other linear arithmetic sound engine but it only has 64 stones which are very good by all accounts but as I used to gladly own an E 30 it definitely had extra sounds making a total of 128 and other features.

Hello, a little update good news, I managed to salvage a Roland E 30 I’m so pleased with and I will not be parting with this one. Again, the subtle difference between the E 20 and others are like, the E 30 as on board an extra 64 sounds which can be accessed in group a and group B. It also has on board, and extra easy eight accompaniment styles. Is it quite easy to take out their internal battery question I ask, as mine is also showing check internal battery. I am assuming it will be the same model of battery as yours. yes I am extremely pleased with the E 30 I found on eBay in very good condition for its age as I understand, it’s hard hardly ever been used.

@@bestrickie2 yes it's very simple to replace the battery. You just take the main body off, and it's just a little coin battery..swap them out, put the body back on, and you're done!

Thank you! We have several trips waiting to be edited and uploaded.

No problem Jim! I have actually acquired a second one of these, and it also has the same issue as the 1st one! Guess what I'll be doing again this weekend! Good luck with your repairs mate! It's really quite simple once you get in there!

We don't get out there as much as we would like, but the gardens are beautiful, and well worth the drive.