I have a digital piano. Technics SX - P30.  Had it for 8 years.  I'm told
the company no longer exists.  Was told by a local keyboard repairman that
the keypads are worn down and impossible
to find parts (keypads).  Hear sharp, piercing notes when I play.
Aren't there generic parts available?  Also, is there anybody in the local
Long Island area that can repair it?  However, I can ship it.
Thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 03 Sep 2005 12:36 PDT

oldesmoothy...

I own and play a keyboard, as well, so I empathize with
your problem. Since you're dealing with a defunct company,
you should probably resign yourself to shipping for repairs.
While lack of parts may be an insurmountable problem, only
a technician who specializes in the instrument will know
for sure.

The Musical Instrument Technicians Association has a large
directory of technicians. A Google search of their site for
"Technics" gives these results:
://www.google.com/search?q=technics+site%3Awww.mitatechs.com

Among those listings, Judy's Piano repair looks promising:

Judy Rapp
Judy's Piano Service (Authorized service center for Technics)
1151 West 400 North West
Bountiful, UT 84087
801-295-5485 - fax
801-298-7875 - Home/Business
judyspianosvc@msn.com

From this page:
http://www.mitatechs.com/zip.html


As does Dennis Orris, who is listed as having been
certified by Technics in 3/91, as noted on this page:
http://www.mitatechs.com/certified.html

Dennis Orris
Max Midium, Inc.
1710 N. Hercules Ave. #106
Clearwater, FL. 33765-1113
727-531-1637

From this page:
http://www.mitatechs.com/directory.html


Let me know where this takes you...

sublime1-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by efn-ga on 03 Sep 2005 13:02 PDT

Hi oldesmoothy,

Technics is a brand of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. of
Japan, which is still in business (fiscal year 2005 revenue of
eighty-one billion dollars according to Yahoo! Finance).  There is a
web page for support for Technics musical instruments on the Panasonic
USA website.  (Matsushita also makes Panasonic brand products.)

http://www.panasonic.com/consumer_electronics/technics_musical/product_support.asp

The authorized service center locator on the Panasonic site shows one
authorized service center for Technics digital pianos on Long Island:

ELECT ORGAN SERVICE OF LI
18 NEWTOWN LA
MELVILLE 	NY	11747
(631) 271-6597

If this shop can't help you, the support page listed above has a
toll-free telephone number and an email address you could try.

Is this an acceptable answer to your question?

--efn