Hi again...I forgot to tell you that I use a pice of velcro 1/2X1/2 on the top right corner of my SAT and a matching piece about six inches from the plug on the cable...when I plug it in the SAT I attach the two pieces of velcro together thus eliminating the problem with breaking the wire...I've had it on there for several years and no problems! Dick MT -----Original Message----- From: Ronald Duschenchuk <rduschen@netusa.net> To: pianotech-digest@ptg.org <pianotech-digest@ptg.org> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 9:10 PM Subject: SAT Switch >>At 06:55 AM 3/23/99 -0800, Ed wrote: >> >>>The wire on the foot pedal of my SAT has developed a break right at the >>>plug end. My friendly Radio Shack has all kinds of plugs, but none like >>>this. The break is too close to the plug to repair. I don't need a new >>>foot pedal for $75. I need a new plug for $1.89, and some wire. The plug >>>is 3/32" and 9/16th" long. Anybody know where I can get a replacement????? >> >>It's a subminiature two-conductor phone plug and your Radio Shack *should* have >>them in packages of two with red covers as catalog #274-290 for about a buck >>and a half.. They also carry wire that works. Just make sure it's stranded and >>not solid-core. I've replaced the wire on mine twice already, and periodically >>both ends have to be cut off and resoldered as the wires break near the ends. I >>keep a package of plugs around all the time, as it doesn't take a lot of stress >>to break them or the connecting wires. >> >> John > >As many have replied already, the proper plug is called a >sub-miniature 3/32" plug and Radio Schack indeed carries them. The >problem with the wire breaking so often is that there is no strain >relief device at the point of entry for the wire into the base of the >plug. Radio Shack used to carry a beautiful metal plug with a spring >wire strain relief attached. If any body knows where that kind of plug >can be obtained nowadays, please let me know. A suitable strain >relief can be fashioned by using various diameters of heat shrink >tubing around the junction of the plug and wire. One such plug has >lasted me for about four years now without breaking. > >I have used a homemade switch ever since I started using the SAT. My >switch is held between my left ring and pinky fingers and is pressed >by my thumb. This allows me to use my middle and index fingers to >play the keys and set the tuning pin. The switch I use is a tubular >shaped miniature momentary on/off switch sandwiched between two >soundboard buttons. The soundboard buttons lock the switch in place >between my fingers. This switch is also available from Radio Shack. >It is very comfortable and takes up less space/weight in my tool kit. >I never felt comfortable using the foot switch which I also have. >-- > >Ronald Duschenchuk RPT >Sayville, Long Island >New York >
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