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Mystery Circuits, LLC
By Mike Walters - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Featured Repairs
Grateful Dead's Emulator II
RA Moog Minimoog #96
Minitmoog with Touch Control
Repair Services
 
All repairs are performed at my shop in Chapel Hill, North  Carolina.
$50/hour, $35 minimum bench fee that will go towards the first hour
7.5% Sales tax applied to all local orders, including labor
Mattel Optigan Restoration
Jane Child's CMI Fairlight III
Contact me to set up an appointment!
 
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Forms of payment: Cash, Paypal, credit card through Square, or Zelle
Paypal and Square credit card payments have a 3% fee added to bill, and Zelle 1%
I repair old Synthesizers, Drum Machines, Combo-Organs, Sequencers, Electric Pianos, Samplers, etc. Mostly ones made from the 1960s, until the 1990s, though there are exceptions.
 
A few brands include: Moog, Roland, Korg, Farfisa, Vox, Yamaha, Casio, Emu, Crumar, Linn, Oberheim, Sequential Circuits, Arp, Fender Rhodes, and Wurlitzer.
 
Some common procedures: Calibration, key replacement, cleaning and restoration, power supply recapping, internal battery replacement, backlight replacement, replacing disk drives with USB drives, etc.
 
I also do general troubleshooting, repair, and restoration on old keyboards, drum machines, and effects processors. I don’t do any warranty repairs, and I don’t do any stereo component repair or computer repair. I also try to stay away from guitar amps, mixing consoles, tape machines, and speaker cabinets.
 
I do custom work and modifications to synthesizers and drum machines. I do a lot of Tubbutec, Kenton, and install other well known upgrades that add MIDI and extra features to old gear. I can usually perform custom modifications, if a schematic is available.
 
You can ship to me if you're out of town. Get in touch to set something up!
 
My apologies if you’ve tried emailing me and didn’t get a reply. Every few months I get an email, and once a letter in the snail mail, asking if I’m still in business and why I never replied.
 
Unfortunately, the mysterycircuits email I’ve used primarily for over 20 years isn’t very reliable.
 
To mitigate this problem, I added my personal gmail address cc’d if you click the Contact link. Please send to both addresses!
Dropping off or picking up is by appointment only. I’m around Mondays through Fridays, between 10am and 5pm. I can sometimes accommodate weekends, or off hours, if I am available. I don’t do any house calls, or pick ups. Items must be left here to be repaired. I won't do any repairs while you wait
 
Yamaha CS-80
Roland Jupiter-8
Moog/Cordovox "White Elephant"
Sequential Circuits Prophet T8
Cordovox CDX 0632
EML 500
Oingo Boingo's Yamaha DX5
Moog Polymoog 203a
Fairlight CMI IIx
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Roland Jupiter 4