I recently purchased an HP-32SII via eBay. It works well and is in excellent condition but there is one thing that bugs me about it though - it does not want to sit flat on my desk. Its case has a very slight twist in it, so it rocks back and forth and this is an annoying feeling when one is punching keys. If one twists it gently in the opposite direction, it will be okay for a minute or so but it always wants to return to its twisted "rest" position.
I have many other HPs and they are all nice and flat, so my questions are: is this at all a common problem with the Pioneer series (this is my only Pioneer) and is there anyone who has an idea how to perhaps fix this?
As I understand, the Pioneers are heat stake assembled, so loosening screws, twisting and tightening is obviously not an option. I did have a crazy idea though: create some sort of clamping brace that would allow me to slightly twist and hold the case in the desired direction and then place the whole assembly in an oven preheated to maybe 100-150 degrees F (no glowing coils!) for a short while. Maybe this will allow the plastic case to take on a (hopefully) untwisted rest state.
I could probably trim some rubber off one of the feet to try and level it out, but the feet are in pristine condition, so I'd rather not...
One more question: in comparison to my old 48SX for example, the 32SII keys are quite stiff and don't have as crisp a "snap" to them - is that normal for the Pioneer keys?
Thanks for any comments or other ideas anyone may have...
Mike Mander
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