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I have a Casio privia PX-300 that I purchased new about five plus years ago. It still works fine but I was wondering if there is any maintenance and or cleaning that should be done. It is keep mostly in the air conditioned room but we live in a dusty and humid area. All of Thailand is humid. Is a service manual downloadable from this forum. I would like to open it and take a look. I appreciate whatever you may be able to provide. Thank you, John
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I doubt there is any kind of detailed maintenance you would need to do. I live on a busy dirt road with lots of traffic. Consequently, I get a lot of dust. In addition, the room where I keep my PX120 has no AC, and it gets vey hot and humid in the spring and summer/early fall. I get by with a fan while playing. Besides wiping the keys down occassionally with a soft cloth, I use a piece of cloth large enough to cover it completely when not playing, to keep the dust out of it. I'm willing to bet that'll be fine.
Mike Casio Privia PX 120 The only thing nescessary for evil to thrive is for good men to do nothing.
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If it works without any issue, I would not open it. Just keep the dust away - I assume you cover it.
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There is no maintenance on a digital piano. They are designed for durability and reliability and freedom from all maintenance, and can last indefinitely. I've owned four digitals since 1989 and have never had a problem with any of them. The very first digital I bought, a Korg C-800 that I purchased in 1989, I gave to my neighbor in 2005, and the last time I checked, in Dec., it was still in perfect condition.
The only thing you need to be careful about is moisture, and, to a lesser extent, dust. One forum member used windex spray cleaner to clean the keys, and even that small amount of moisture was enough to ruin the electrical contacts on several keys and make them unplayable. There is considerable room to accommodate dust that falls between the keys of a digital, but at some point, if too much dusts accumulates, it will render the keys inoperable. I always cover my digital with the plastic sheet it came packed in.
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Maintenance? Every few months or once a year turn the keyboard upside down and use some compressed air ("canned air", see link below) between the keys to blow out whatever has fallen in there. Same goes for computer keyboards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_duster.
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I generally dismantle the entire instrument once a year, including the keyboard/keys, and thoroughly clean every part.
I keep the instrument covered with a dust proof table cloth.
Never had a problem with my Roland HP-1700, a lovely piano with the best keyboard feel (Rotary-oil damped SK-6) of any digital I've had the pleasure to play, including the new V-Piano.
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Never had a problem with my Roland HP-1700, a lovely piano with the best keyboard feel (Rotary-oil damped SK-6) of any digital I've had the pleasure to play, including the new V-Piano. I can't find the Roland HP-1700 on the European Roland site, I guess it's not manufactured any more? Do you know what's the name of the keyboard action? Is it with or without Escapement?
P-85 cheap plastic imitation; not because of sound, but weight.
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The Roalnd HP-1700 piano was made in the early 90's, ...the top model of the range was the HP-3700, followed by HP-2700, HP-1700, and HP-900 (76 keys)...they all used the same action.
I believe it was used on the earlier RD-series stage pianos as well.
It was called the SK-6, and was without escapment, and not graded. It just feels simply wonderful, although, like piano sounds, this is highly personal and subjective.
I wish they had kept it on some of their models, as I am not a fan of some of Roland's hammer actions....I've been a fan of Yamaha's hammer actions, in all their iterations.
A little more off topic(why not, life's too short to stay on topic) I also wish Roland had carried on with their SAS sound generation. SAS stands for Structured Adaptive Synthesis, and was Roland's method of generating piano sounds, and organ sounds on the VK-1000.
I often wonder if the V-Piano's system is an advanced take on SAS...what do you think?
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Thanks for all the replies. Now I feel better. I still plan to buy a nicer piano for the living room, as soon as I can talk my wife into it. She just don't like to spend money. LOL.
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