Need Help Identifying a Part

[willbanks]

Hey all, I don't post here much but I have run into a wall.

I work at a local repair shop, and I was given a Casio AP620 piano. The velocity of some of the keys were off and some keys didnt respond at all. I eventually identified the problem as a broken connector for the flat ribbon cable. When I pinched the connector together, it worked normally again.

There is a crack in the jack connector that is causing no contact to be made, so I figured all I would have to do is replace the 30 pin female jack. But for the life of me, I can't find one anywhere, as I expected it would be fairly common. I searched up things like "flat ribbon cable female 30 pin connector", but nothing came up that would work or fit the pinout.

So what I am asking is does anyone know what a connector like this would be "properly" called? I figured I must not be typing in the right keywords. I attached two pictures of the connector, one has the latch on and the other has the latch off. It is through hole and has 30 pins. I also attached a picture which shows what the kind of cable is that is inserted into the connector.

If you have any idea what this piece would be called or know where I could get one, it would be awesome if you could let me know. Thank you!

[pbarton]

It's a Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, through hole, vertical mounting with 30 contacts/pins. With some specific pitch.
So search for "ZIF socket, 30 contacts, vertical"
Molex make several versions of these.
Available from your local distributer, etc.

[willbanks]

thank you so much!

[fzabkar]

Searching for FFC/FPC might help.