How do I get started in basic electrical diagnoses and repair?
Answer Hello Brady! When people are paying for repairs, they are expecting expert service. That is, they are engaging the services of an expert even if the repairs are minor. If you are planning to offer service on keyboards, I suggest you contact the manufacturers, inform them of your intentions and arrange to attend occasional training seminars. I also suggest you join MITA, the Music Instrument Technician Association. One of my complaints has been the large number of “technicians” in the field who have chosen to go into business fixing devices, having little or no specific training on the units they claim to be able to repair. The problem occurs when the “expert” cannot correct a problem and so to save face, they either inform their client the device simply cannot be repaired or the device is of such poor design or quality that it can’t or shouldn’t be repaired. I suspect thousands of perfectly good instruments have been junked by trusting clientele whose only alternative was to pur
