InsaneDuane

My name is Duane Garvin. I started working at the distributor of Kurzweil (YoungChang AMerica) in 1995 as a full time temp, hired in 1996 after I graduated ITT. I worked at YCNA until Samick took over in 2004. Samick hired me to run the service department remotely since I would not move back to So. Cal.. In 2005 YCNA (or AND Music... they changed their name a few times)took back distribution of Kurzweil and that was when I decided to run DG Audio Repair full time. YCNA (YoungChang North America) hired me back to do tech support for them from 2008 to 2010. American Music and Sound took over the pro division in 2009 and I worked for both companies until the end of 2010. They decided that supporting legacy products wasn't worth it anymore. After that things went down hill.. first separation then Divorce. The life as I knew it was changing dramatically so I stopped doing Kurzweil and got a full time job making high-end cables for military contracts. Anyways, things are much better now and I am back repairing Kurzweil instruments full time. I have some vintage parts (K1000 key contacts, K2000 enclosures) and I can repair down to the component level, reprogram the flashROM of several models (K25, K26, PC2, MK12), I have test fixtures so only the defective circuit board is needed. I have a Nidan in Aikido.

My bad. Posting personal info in Introductions. If anyone's interested I can make a pdf with all the Kurzweil keyboard assembly info I have. Might make it easier to cross reference.

Thanks for the greetings! Yes, I dropped off the face of the earth for a while getting my life back in order (divorce) but I'm back now for the long haul and it feels good repairing Kurzweil instruments again.

There are several incarnations of the Fatar Key-bed assemblies used in Kurzweil keyboards. The fully weighted key beds are the tp-10 series. These where used in the pc88, pc2x, k2500x and k2600x series. The pc88 and k2500x started with the tp10 MD. They then changed them to the MDF style (longer weights, keys slightly different). The MDF style held up better but the most significant difference was when they improved the plastic using ABS plastic. Fatar can't use lead in their products any more so they now make the MDR which has plastic covered steel vs lead. This type has taller weights then the MDF type so the bottom of the keys are cut out. You could swap the old style keybed with the MDR but it may throw you velocity curves off. I worked at Kurzweil as a tech and can be a great resource. Visit my website to contact me or use the email in this account if you have any Kurzweil specific repair issues. Duane Garvin DGAudio-repair.com