Hey Beakybird,

Hmmm. I will assume that this keyboard has a manufacture's warranty.(?)



I'm now going to assume that the manufacture's warranty is void.

Now I'm not trying to scold ya or anything like that. I understand exactly how you felt. I just want to share a thought with you and the readers....Don't always sell the manufacturer short. They DO make changes to the existing hardware during its production run. What if there was a tech bulletin issued about this very subject? What if the micro switch chosen during the initial production run was upgraded and all service centers were notified to discontinue use of part #123XYZ via Tech Bulletin 7890? Better yet, the front panel control board housing all the micro switches was to be swapped out with a new upgraded one free of charge.

Am I in lah-lah land here so early on a Sunday morning? Perhaps. But I've definitely seen this kind of thing happen all the time in the copier industry. Front panel switches that didn't stand up to real-world environments were always being upgraded (and it was always a control board replacement not the micro switch itself)(who can solder those dinky little tabs?). Granted as a tech we always asked the question, "Why didn't they just use that switch in the first place?" Production costs I guess. But my point is that the manufacture does not want to lose money on constant warranty work. They do fix problems when they see them. Of course, they've got to see the problems first.

But hey, I do appreciate the real-world, in-the-field report you are passing along.

mike