September 2020 – The Imp of the Perverse

Korg Poly-61 – Removing & Attaching Keyboard Keys For Cleaning

2020-09-062020-09-06 Laban

Here I show how to remove the keys from the keyboard of a Korg Poly-61 and how to attach them again. This procedure should be the same for some other Korg synths from the same era, e.g the Polysix. The keys in this one were really dirty, especially on the underside so I washed them…

Korg Poly-61 – Repairing Crushed Joystick

2020-09-052020-09-05 Laban

In this video I show how I repaired the joystick on my Korg Poly-61. It had been crushed during transport and pushed into the chassis so it did not work.