P-250 accident

Hi,

I had a little accident today

I tripped and pushed my beloved Yamaha P-250 from its stand.

At first all seemed fine, but to make sure I played some music and as a final test I did the chromatic scale all over the keybed.

And there it was, a screwed up final octave When I press the highest C, 3 buttons get pressed at once ; F#, G# and A# are also bend and cannot be played. On the other notes in the last octave the mechanics seem stuck.

Is this something that can be easily repaired or would it be that expensive that I'm best of buying something new?

I hope you guys can give me some positive news as I am feeling rather down at the moment. I had some great times with my P-250 (and I don't have the cash to replace it)

Kind Regards,

DeCato

Hi: First shake the keyboard for any sound of loose parts inside......Put keyboard face down on a soft surface & start removing panel screws on back....Look inside to ckeck all moving parts & alignment of keybed.....staighten out frame if bent.....turn over with rear panel in place w/o scews.......plug in pwr to play the keys, if everything seems ok, then tighten panel scews. Good luck.

Contact Yamaha Tech Support. They should be able to direct you to a Yamaha Authorized repair center.

You could agree upon some type of diagnostic fee, so you then could decide to repair or not.

It weighs 35kg my friend....do YOU want to pick it up and shake it?

Instead of shaking it, you could tilt ends up & down to listen to a possible chiped key or broken part rolling around inside.....................If it's still has problems after working on it, then take to repair center & ask for old replacement parts.........IMO, i think the damage is @ the corners of the PCB that's held in place by screws........Possible hairline fractures causing open traces that can be fixed by soldering in tiny jumper wires to bridge the open circuits. This happened to my Ensoniq SQ-1, when it fell out of a van.....Hope you get it fixed under $150 at a reputable repair shop as a last resort. cheers:

this is exactly what I would do. I don't know how comfortable you are working on a digital/electronic instrument, but I'm not at all. I would much rather drop $100-200 to make sure my instruments works rather than trust myself to fix it on my own.

I contacted a Yamaha Tech Center and will drop off my Yamaha P-250 tomorrow.

Opening and repairing it myself doesn't seem like an option as it is really the key mechanism that is blocked, bent, ... The electronics seem fine.

And on top of that, I wouldn't call myself very handy (otherwise I wouldn't have tripped and this wouldn't have happened in the first place )

I hope 200$ will be enough, but I'm afraid parts alone will be that much. I hope the keybed mechanism is in multiple parts so it is only a small piece that needs replacement. If it is the complete keybed in one part, it will be quite expensive, no?

I contacted a Yamaha Tech Center and will drop off my Yamaha P-250 tomorrow. Opening and repairing it myself doesn't seem like an option as it is really the key mechanism that is blocked, bent, ... The electronics seem fine. And on top of that, I wouldn't call myself very handy (otherwise I wouldn't have tripped and this wouldn't have happened in the first place ) I hope 200$ will be enough, but I'm afraid parts alone will be that much. I hope the keybed mechanism is in multiple parts so it is only a small piece that needs replacement. If it is the complete keybed in one part, it will be quite expensive, no?

The technician should be able to perform some type of diagnosis for a limited amount of money (e.g. spend one hour trying to determine the problem) with the end result being an estimate for repair.

Treat it just like you would if you had a damaged car -- i.e. take it in for diagnosis and estimate.

your symphathetic string resonance is loose, or whatever its called

The keybed is 3-4 removable sections......have tech check inside for any loose parts also.....it should cost under $200 & take 1/2 hr to repair, if part's in stock. cheers:

Keys for the P-250 cost about $40 plus labor. Complete new keybeds run around $600. I've had them replaced in P200 and P250. Yamaha has a great program for replacing these if defective even long after warranties are expired. Not sure how that will work in your case since it's damage.

Cheers.