Hello great video , i did the same with the battery change , on my Mk 2 FD i used solder braid on the battery contacts, got most of it out , i have a fine point on my soldering iron so that got it all our of the through hole battery contacts , i did the same got a battery holder and used double sided tape to secure it . I have changed the keys on my DX 7 Mk one , someone had melted the keys ,probably a ciggy burn :{ , same technique to replace them. In my mK2 i upgraded the floppy drive to a Gotek drive emulator , uses a mini usb pen drive for the virtual disk image storage ,all the best from Old England .
@@StanPrentice_music Hey Stan! I have the DX7, a D4 drum module, my old Midiverb III, a TX81Z and my Oberheim DPX1 sample player. I just bought a used QX1 sequencer as I had 13 old floppy disks with songs on them from our days in Nevada. I was able to pull 219 songs off of those discs. It's amazing that after 40 years they still worked. The QX1 synced up with my computer and I was able to record all of the songs into my new system! How are you doing these days?
@@JoeEscobarjazz Doing well, thanks. I had a heart bypass last year. All went well. I remember that TX81Z. It was mine first, and I traded it to you in return for a D110. So cool to hear about all that 80's gear. Those things were so important to us back then.
Just broke my first octave E key I have another higher key thats popped out twice and I was able to pop it right back in and works with no problem, perfect alignment and bounce with no issues But this E key fails to pop back in Looks like I may have cracked something (although I hear no loose parts when I tilt the keyboard) Looks like hours of work just to replace a key 😢
@JoeEscobarjazz Sadly its the 1987 S model and this my fourth board with keys that pop out if playing a little too hard, especially if sliding my hands across the keybed. I have two DX7 Mk1 models and never experienced this issue The newer ones are notorious for bad keybeds which also happen to be very noisy. Yamaha took a step forward with the 16 bit but a step back with the keybed
Hello great video , i did the same with the battery change , on my Mk 2 FD i used solder braid on the battery contacts, got most of it out , i have a fine point on my soldering iron so that got it all our of the through hole battery contacts , i did the same got a battery holder and used double sided tape to secure it .
I have changed the keys on my DX 7 Mk one , someone had melted the keys ,probably a ciggy burn :{ , same technique to replace them.
In my mK2 i upgraded the floppy drive to a Gotek drive emulator , uses a mini usb pen drive for the virtual disk image storage ,all the best from Old England .
Wow! You still have the old DX7, Joe? Amazing. Mine went to the junk yard about 7 years ago. Nice video. Well explained.
@@StanPrentice_music Hey Stan! I have the DX7, a D4 drum module, my old Midiverb III, a TX81Z and my Oberheim DPX1 sample player. I just bought a used QX1 sequencer as I had 13 old floppy disks with songs on them from our days in Nevada. I was able to pull 219 songs off of those discs. It's amazing that after 40 years they still worked. The QX1 synced up with my computer and I was able to record all of the songs into my new system! How are you doing these days?
@@JoeEscobarjazz Doing well, thanks. I had a heart bypass last year. All went well. I remember that TX81Z. It was mine first, and I traded it to you in return for a D110. So cool to hear about all that 80's gear. Those things were so important to us back then.
If it's an early DX7, replacing keys is much easier. The top lifts up on a hinge, and the access to the keys is right there.
Just broke my first octave E key
I have another higher key thats popped out twice and I was able to pop it right back in and works with no problem, perfect alignment and bounce with no issues
But this E key fails to pop back in
Looks like I may have cracked something (although I hear no loose parts when I tilt the keyboard)
Looks like hours of work just to replace a key 😢
If it's an early DX7, replacing keys is much easier. The top lifts up on a hinge, and the access to the keys is right there.
@JoeEscobarjazz Sadly its the 1987 S model and this my fourth board with keys that pop out if playing a little too hard, especially if sliding my hands across the keybed. I have two DX7 Mk1 models and never experienced this issue
The newer ones are notorious for bad keybeds which also happen to be very noisy. Yamaha took a step forward with the 16 bit but a step back with the keybed
@@ytpremium7649 Mine is a bit noisy but never had any keys pop out.