Looking for replacement keys as my A key has broken. Any ideas where I can purchase them? Thanks .
Technics sx-KN1400
Technics sx-KN1400
Spare keys
- Thread starter Brian Biggs
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I would check out some resources here for a start: http://www.synthzone.com/technics.htm
Then, if you don't already have it, you can get a free copy of the service manual here: https://www.manualslib.com/download/3495216/Technics-Sx-Kn1400.html. This will help with dismantling the keyboard to access the keybed.
FInally, you should be aware that the keys are removed in blocks or units, of which there are a total of five. Once you have the block with the broken key removed, you'll possibly find that you need to replace a minimum of three. I'm not too sure about the KN1400 but on the KN2400 and 2600, the keys are not like normal individual keys, they are grouped in three's, whereas on my older KN5000, they are single. Watch out for this so that you don't end up buying the wrong thing. One indication that they might be in three's is that the white keys tend to be more yellow with age than would be normal.
Here is a link to a UK site where someone else had the same problem and it confirms what I was saying about the group of three keys. At least there is a suggestion that might be helpful. https://www.designserve.co.uk/TEMP-...00-forums/general-chat/broken-keys/index.html
Hope you manage to find parts but if you struggle to obtain them, you could possibly swap keys from either end which maybe don't get played so much, assuming the broken key is somewhere in the middle range.
Good luck, Al
Then, if you don't already have it, you can get a free copy of the service manual here: https://www.manualslib.com/download/3495216/Technics-Sx-Kn1400.html. This will help with dismantling the keyboard to access the keybed.
FInally, you should be aware that the keys are removed in blocks or units, of which there are a total of five. Once you have the block with the broken key removed, you'll possibly find that you need to replace a minimum of three. I'm not too sure about the KN1400 but on the KN2400 and 2600, the keys are not like normal individual keys, they are grouped in three's, whereas on my older KN5000, they are single. Watch out for this so that you don't end up buying the wrong thing. One indication that they might be in three's is that the white keys tend to be more yellow with age than would be normal.
Here is a link to a UK site where someone else had the same problem and it confirms what I was saying about the group of three keys. At least there is a suggestion that might be helpful. https://www.designserve.co.uk/TEMP-...00-forums/general-chat/broken-keys/index.html
Hope you manage to find parts but if you struggle to obtain them, you could possibly swap keys from either end which maybe don't get played so much, assuming the broken key is somewhere in the middle range.
Good luck, Al
That might be a posibiIity with some Technics models but I would doubt if any other manufacturer used the 3- key setup found in the KN1400, 2400 and 2600 range. With these, you can't just replace a single key, unfortunately. One option would be finding a non-working keyboard from this model range, for next to nothing but the chances of that are probably not too great.Hopefully another brand's keys will work for you, since Technics shut down in 2002
Although, if you're lucky, it might be a break that you can re-glue?
Mark
As I mentioned earlier, one way to identify the 3-key arrangement is that the white keys have a distinct yellow tinge, apparently due to a different formula used in the moulding process.
Syntaur.