http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/ A mailing list for users of the Kawai K5000S, R, or W. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:11:27 GMT John Pallister http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13253 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13253 Hi Bob, Dunno the serial number on mine, and it's in storage at the moment. I do have my Polymorph with me though (keyboardless synths being much easier to Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:10:30 GMT Bob S. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13252 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13252 Thank you both for the Fatar info....I should probably contact them and ask which of their keybeds are compatible....and hopefully less than the Doepfer Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:05:54 GMT Bob S. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13251 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13251 Hi John That's interesting and encouraging that it may not have been something I did.... My K5000S serial number is 600468....what is yours? Bob El Segundo, CA Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:17 GMT Bob S. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13250 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13250 Hi Rohan Thanks, never had it in direct sun but who knows from the previous owner.... Bob ... From: Rohan Baker To: K5000@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:11:58 GMT Rohan Baker http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13249 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13249 G'day Bob, How bout UV. Is it situated near a window that gets plenty of sun, especially during summer? Cheers Rohan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:33:22 GMT moscowmac http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13248 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13248 I just noticed that the TP8S has the correct looking black keys, so maybe it is the one (and not the TP9S). Also, the TP8S cross-section view shows the white Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:23:53 GMT moscowmac http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13247 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13247 I'm curious how you know the K5000 has this keybed? The black keys in the photo are not flat on the top, but they do look textured. Maybe Fatar recommends it Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:58:17 GMT Andrea TONI http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13246 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13246 .. mmmmm sorry Doepfer sell the tp9 NOT the tp9s http://www.fatar.com/Pages/TP_9PIANO.htm they are the waterfall type for organs Andrea Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:55:23 GMT Andrea TONI http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13245 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13245 Hello Bob, the Lovely kbd on the k5000s is a Fatar TP9S http://www.fatar.com/Pages/TP_9S.htm http://www.fatar.com/FOTO%20HIGH/TP_9S.jpg same as in the Virus KC Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:57:05 GMT John Pallister http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13244 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13244 I don't have any photos of my K5000S to post (and it's on the other side of the world at the moment), but the keys on mine are about the same colour as yours, Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:38:20 GMT Bob S. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13243 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13243 Not sticky or slippery....blacks feel a little rough..... Thanks for looking for me... Bob El Segundo, CA ... From: David L. aka UCanDream To: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:36:06 GMT Bob S. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13242 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13242 Hi UCD Interesting about the acid but since the yellowing is uniform, don't think it's from that. Maybe a wrong cleaning fluid used on the keys started the Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:25:51 GMT David L. aka UCanDream http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13241 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13241 That's not as bad as I thought it might be but it still aint as pretty as "white" keys are supposed to look. Are the keys slippery or sticky at all? I am still Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:07:07 GMT Bob S. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13240 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13240 To see uploaded photo of key yellowing comparison: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:34:39 GMT Bob S. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13239 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/K5000/message/13239 Thanks Greg. You might be right on the rounding an I never took notice of it. I don't know what the previous owner did....maybe he left the synth out in the