HELP ! Potentiometer Needed for Keyboard

[nikokapo]

Just get the 10kOhm pot, it's just for a modulation wheel.

 

[ElektroFreak]

^I'm with niko on this.. I don't think that the pot needs to be physically identical as long as the shaft size is the same and it is a 10k. given that it's a mod wheel, I'd think linear would be ideal.

 

[sk8er4514]

replacing the pot should take 30 seconds, not sure why this thread has gone on for 2 full pages...

 

[wesdaman14]

replacing the pot should take 30 seconds, not sure why this thread has gone on for 2 full pages...

Well it's not that it takes 30 seconds to change the pot its that i was trying to figure out which pot to replace it with. cause this thing was made in 1985 so it is really old.
Nick,Aka HumanSymphony Has the same keyboard as me.

 

[lasersbee]

A 10K pot Is a 10K pot is a 10K pot.....
(a 10,000 Ohm Variable Resistor)....

Jerry

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

Last I knew, a 103 B indicates a 10 K Ohm Linear taper pot. An audio taper might act wierd in this application.

Mike

 

[wesdaman14]

okay now the last thing i am stumbled upon is the shaft type. It has to have the little indent for the plastic wheel to stay secure. the radio shack one is a smooth all round shaft, how would i make it fitt ?

 

[wesdaman14]

EDIT !! Nvm i think this one is perfect
10K ohm Potentiometer Audio Taper Flatted Shaft (4) LOT - eBay (item 380138431343 end time Aug-10-09 07:31:08 PDT)

THIS IS MINE

 

[FireMyLaser]

If it doesn't fit, MAKE it fit.

kthxbai

 

[wesdaman14]

If it doesn't fit, MAKE it fit.

kthxbai

I mean the Little Flat fitted side on the Shaft of the potentionmeter, if its smooth on the radio shack then wtf do i do ha

 

[charliebruce]

You go at it with a saw, dremel, pickaxe, hammer, laser or Chuck Norris, and MAKE it fit :crackup:

Looks like you got a pretty good match on the eBay one, anyway.

 

[wesdaman14]

You go at it with a saw, dremel, pickaxe, hammer, laser or Chuck Norris, and MAKE it fit :crackup:

Looks like you got a pretty good match on the eBay one, anyway.

oh i think i could use a Cut off tool with a very fine blade and slowly wedge a flat tip i guess.

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

The "B" means linear taper. I have never seen a log taper unless it is audio taper which compresses the resistance at one end. This isn't laser science.

Mike

 

[sk8er4514]

This isn't laser science.

Mike

lol. good one

 

[wesdaman14]

The "B" means linear taper. I have never seen a log taper unless it is audio taper which compresses the resistance at one end. This isn't laser science.

Mike

Ok so Mike, This Will work then ? 10K-Ohm Linear-Taper Potentiometer - RadioShack.com

 

[nikokapo]

Just take the plastic wheel to where you're buying the pot and try and make it fit.