[Jukebox-list] Seeburg Switch Contacts

[Bob E.]

At 06:04 PM 12/3/06 -0500, you wrote:
>    Bob, the daisy chain circuit may be bypassed. The only thing it might
do is try to write in two selections if two keys are pressed at the same
time . This is of no consequence in home use.  This keyboard is pretty
reliable because it carries 300 volts through the switches. However it is
very low current, only which can be stored in the write-in capacitor. Of all
the selection systems, these Seeburgs are the most gentle on the keyboard
switches. Wes  

Thanks Wes (and Tony!), that sort of confirms my suspicions.  I took my
TES up to see Ron Rich this afternoon, to let the local Seeburg witch doctor
hold the switch bank up to his one good eye with his one good hand...he 
pronounced the three discolored switch contacts as merely tarnished silver.
He then muttered some incantations, and brought out his secret ju-ju water
("Sudzy Ammonia") and anointed the afflicted switches.  And Lo!  The
resistance went to zero!

It was just more of the sticky dried crap I'm finding everywhere in that 
machine, I suspect the previous owner was fond of WD-40....Booo!  Hiss!

Anyway, thanks Ron, and try to take it easy on that shoulder so you can 
heal up and once again lift SMC Seeburgs into the back of your pickup!

--Bob
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