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Offline supamesican

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Should the foam always be replaced on a model f?
« on: Mon, 20 May 2019, 07:33:50 »
Yeah that's something I've been wondering for a while. I've never replaced mine and it works well enough, but I want to make sure I take care of it right.

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Re: Should the foam always be replaced on a model f?
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 20 May 2019, 08:22:08 »
Absolutely not.

I'd recommend only changing it if it's really necessary. 
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Re: Should the foam always be replaced on a model f?
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 20 May 2019, 09:21:35 »
Awesome, thank you!

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Re: Should the foam always be replaced on a model f?
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 20 May 2019, 18:12:54 »
Thomas is right.

That said, I have cracked open half a dozen each XTs and ATs, and probably 2 dozen 122-key terminals. The majority of XTs and ATs had good or acceptable foam, perhaps 2/3 to 3/4 of them, but 80%+ of the big boys had poor-to-utterly-disintegrated foam. I theorize that while XTs and ATs were consumer products kept indoors, terminals were corporate/industrial machines that were probably tossed into warehouses, at best, when decommissioned.

Having replaced foam often enough that I am proficient at it, I consider it de rigueur for a rehab, and only bypass it occasionally.
 
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