Yesterday I had a double gig. One was a Broadway Show Theme Dance 200pp, and the other a Bocci Club Awards Dinner/dance 375pp.
While I was playing the first one I loaded some files into the PSR9k. Then I ejected the Floppy and YIKES!!!!! the Disc came out but not the Metal Slide protector which broke off and remained inside the floppy drive. A service realted night mare flooded my mind to try to get the piece out of my unit. When the gig was over I had 2 hrs. untill the next one so I took the KB and turned it upside down to se if the piece was loose and I heard nothing. Soooooooo this called for major surgury :>) I packed up ran to a 24 hr Drugstore and bought a Small long Tweezer and a small Flashlight hoping I could retieve the piece from the Small floppy disc opening in the drive port. I opened the spring loaded door and looked inside with my Flashlight and there it was!!!! Wedged inside was the metal piece. I got my trusty Tweezer and started to perform a surgical extratction, being the slit was so narrow I could hardly squeeze the tweezers in it but I got a grip on it and slowly pulled it to the opening then it slipped out and fell down again. I tried it again with a firm hand and steady as she goes I was able to get it thru the thin slot and out of the keyboard eliviating a nightmare, all this in between gigs sooo I got dressed, setup, and had a great gig and all is well. WHEW!!!! I hope this never happens to anybody else.

What are your Horror stories on a gig or at home involving your KB?

donny nj

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 09-10-2001).]