help needed on piano 3 repair (FIXED)

[CountFosco]

(except the beer seemed expensive)!

Cos they have to import the decent stuff from other states. The local is brew is XXXXed

[AllanH]

(except the beer seemed expensive)!

Cos they have to import the decent stuff from other states. The local is brew is XXXXed

Queenslanders including me, prefer the local XXXX GOLD... great quaffing beer !

[pterm]

Nord is constrained to design their circuit boards to accommodate the connectors used by Fatar, and that's the way Fatar does their triple-contact piano action.

I considered this, but the connector vendor Amphenol-FCI offers both LIF and ZIF connectors that match the ribbon from the Fatar keybed. --I still question Nord's choice of LIF here.

[AllanH]

hey Pablo and pterm...

thanks for sharing your knowledge on this.... I approached the task of disconnecting the ribbons this morning and with some fiddling/ wiggling managed to disconnect the LIF connections.
I also managed to do some light panel beating on the underneath steel frame to fix the problem of 3 lowest keys hitting the top red panel on return.

The trickiest and most annoying part was reconnecting the top LIF connector... took a fair bit of wiggling from side to side ... whilst dreading the possibility of twisting/damaging the white ribbon.

Anyway... tis all good now.. Nord Piano 3 is playing like its old self.

regards from Australia,
Allan

[peterminhhoang]

Hello,
Could you please let me know the type of the cable in the picture here. Where could I buy it?
I need to replace this part because it is broken.

[peterminhhoang]

Hello,
Could you please let me know the type of the cable in the picture here. Where could I buy it?
I need to replace this part because it is broken.

The cable type appears to be "FFC" Flat Flexible Cable.

Before replacing the cable I strongly recommend first checking that the cable is properly inserted at both ends.

To find a replacement, you need to confirm the following on the cable:
1. Length end to end
2. Width
3. Number of connections.
4. Pitch of the connections (center to center spacing of the conductors)
5. Do the cables connections switch sides (TOP-BOTTOM) or not (TOP-TOP).
6. If possible, measure the thickness at the connection end.

If you provide this information I can help you identify options for the cable. If you provide pictures of the cable (removed from Nord), it may help. If you want to search on your own, I recommend searching for FFC on Mouser or DigiKey websites. These distributors carry many of these, and include pictures, so it might help you identify the part you seek.

-pterm