Ribbon cable attachment on a StudioLogic Acuna 88 (Fatar) keybed?

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I have some keys on my StudioLogic Acuna 88 which did not work anymore, so I assembled it today.

I have kind of cleaned up the keys, however, the two small ribbon cables from the circuit board towards the keybed got lose on the keybed's side.
Does anybody know how to reattach them?

They probably need to be pushed in a very smalll strip which is barely / impossible to reach .

On a0 you can see the blue strip which got disconnected.
On a1 to a3 you can see where I think it should be connected to (red circle shows the connector).
The problem is, the big white vertical items are the hammers (I assume) which cannot be detached, so the ribbon cable has to be inserted from the other side (which is possible), however, I don't see a way to insert it by hand as the space is very limited.

Kind regards,

Michel
 

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That's going to be very awkward, either way.
It's hard to tell what approach angles you've got, from the pictures, but I think angled tweezers will be your friend here.

Surely there's got to be a way to remove the hammers, though?
Looks like they pivot on a long bar - Can that be withdrawn, releasing the hammers as it goes?
 
You should probably be removing the key bed in its entirety, turning it over, unscrewing the printed circuit board and then reinserting the cable. You probably can remove the other end of the cable to do this and reconnect when you have reassembled the rest of it.
 
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