Key requires a bit more force

[Dave Britten]

(09-12-2017 05:24 PM)Tim Wessman Wrote:  The more common (but still quite rare) issue is a "collapsed" dome where the dome loses integrity and a crushing wave of deep ocean water rushes in to..... wait. That was a movie I watched...

I have a 32S that used to have that problem (minus the bit about the water). It was a "non-working" unit listed cheap on ebay, so I took a gamble. The dome under the 1 key had collapsed, and Pioneers don't turn on fully if a key is stuck, so it appeared broken. Opened it up, made a tiny radial incision with something like an X-Acto knife, just long enough to release the tension, and now it works. That key is a little bit softer, of course, but responds fine.