Installing Casio CTK-501 Digital Keyboard Buttons

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Install a Button

  • Author: Jimmy Winne
  • Time required: 10-15 minutes
  • Difficulty: Moderate
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Add Note Edit Step 1 — Bottom Panel  ¶ 

  • Flip the keyboard upside down so the bottom is angled towards you.

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Add Note Edit Step 2  ¶ 

  • Use a #2 Phillips screwdriver to remove the twenty-seven 12 mm screws from the dark gray bottom panel.

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Add Note Edit Step 3  ¶ 

  • Remove the bottom panel by lifting the bottom panel up and outward from yourself.

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Add Note Edit Step 4  ¶ 

  • Flip the entire keyboard so the keys face up, and be careful not to let the bottom drop.

  • Flip the top half of the keyboard and set onto the bottom half with the internal parts facing up.

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Add Note Edit Step 5 — Buttons  ¶ 

  • Use a #0 Phillips screwdriver to remove 9 screws from the far right and far left brown circuit boards each attached to a ribbon.

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Add Note Edit Step 6  ¶ 

  • Remove the circuit boards and set them aside.

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Add Note Edit Step 7  ¶ 

  • Remove the buttons and set them aside.

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Add Note Edit Step 8  ¶ 

  • Place new buttons into the slots.

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