Kawai DX-900 and LM8671. Where to find those ICs ?? Help !

[FredW]

Dear friends, I'm an owner of a Kawai DX-900 that I love, nevertheless the percussion section have stopped working.
The incriminated integrated circuit is the LM 8671 (divider/gate/command circuit).

Is there someone here who knows where I can find some of those circuits ? I've searched everywhere on the net, even sent emails to some industrials specialized for old parts, impossible to find anything. I've read from 2 old topics in this forum that some people finally found some last ones,...I've also sent several private messages to those people...but didn't get any answer unfortunately...i'm a bit desperate...

So if someone here had the same experience, and knows where to find few LM8671, that would simply save my organ and make me happy. Or if someone bought another Kawai for spare parts for another technical reason or had a faulty Kawai, and would be kind enough to sell me a board...I know that most of the models of the DX and E series share those circuits. If E-150 were equipped with, of course bigger models had some. Any ideas ?

Keep me in touch, guys and keep playing vintage organs !

[tucsondave]

Did you try wdgreenhill.com in the UK? Kawai US part number 006-03-671. Kawai factory part number 06021.

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[FredW]

Thanks tucsondave for the part numbers, that will help. I've just sent a message to wdgreenhill and another to Kawai US. I keep you in touch. Whatever if someone else had other ideas to find those LM8671, this would be very appreciated !

[FredW]

Wdgreenhill said he does not have this component. Kawai Europe is also negative, they have already been contacted by people for same reasons, they contacted japan,and they said that they throw up their stock long ago, so Kawai cannot provide anything, the only solution is to find an old stock from a repairer I suppose. But google doesn't find anything. Years ago someone here told he found several LM8671 chips, I tryied to contact him 3 times but he did not answered...

[FredW]

With the help of several old topics about this chip : I found that LM8671 could be found in E-150, E520, E260, DX-100, DX900, DX1900 models. But it's not so easy to find Kawai organ in France, price are far too overrated in order to buy small kawai organ for dismantling the boards.

[andyg]

Fred. There were two versions of the E150. The original had multiple boards, the later one had just one board with a handful of large ICs. Not sure which one has the chip you need. I did many tours of France with Hohner France, promoting Kawai back in 1981 through 1983. Good times, but I don't know how committed they were to the range, as they sold so many other products. So, they are out there but, as you say, prices in continental Europe are way too high.

[74corvette]

Have you tried https://www.digikey.com/
I have always had good luck with them in locating old parts, hope they can help you.
On the bottom of their home page, you can click for their foreign offices.
74corvette

With the help of several old topics about this chip : I found that LM8671 could be found in E-150, E520, E260, DX-100, DX900, DX1900 models. But it's not so easy to find Kawai organ in France, price are far too overrated in order to buy small kawai organ for dismantling the boards.