Vintage Synth Repair

Without doubt one of the worst things to do with any keyboard is to use WD40
on it.  It is intended to be used on motor vehicles, around the ignition for
instance.  You can do untold damage with WD40 - we see this with clocks
regularly and when one comes in for repair we double the service charge.
 
Recently I had a church organ to repair where the transpose keys and the
preset tone keys had jammed up all due to the use of WD40 in the past.
 
So having said this, what should you use?  The answer is simple use
something designed to be used on electronic equipment, Electrolube, also
known as contact cleaner.  I don't know what the name is in the USA but I'm
sure you have similar products.
 
Regards
Brian G3OYU
www.g3oyu.co.uk
 
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From: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of timothy kosiorek
Sent: Sunday, 06 April 2008 18:54
To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Hammond H100
 
I see this problem with a lot of Hammonds and I usually try to cure it
without taking anything apart,the grease on the mechanism gets thick with
age and keeps the bars under the keys from moving,the way I fix it is by
squirting WD-40 beside the keys and pushing them up and down,use the little
hose that comes with the WD-40 so you can shoot it all around the keys,the
sticking mechanism is in the frontal part of the key,the WD-40 mixes with
the grease and loosens it up,once you get the lock down bar to move go back
and forth between the cancel key and the various preset keys,the volume
should also return by rapidly moving the keys up and down because it usually
is caused by dirty key contacts and the movement will clean the
contacts,I've been fixing Hammonds this way for 30 years.only after trying
this do I rarely have to get under the keys,if you have to get under them it
is a bit of a project but only takes about an hour.
Regards 
Tim K.


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> To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
> From: fsimon001@...
> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:34:27 +0000
> Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Hammond H100
> 
> H-100
> My preset keys won't stay engauged. How do you disassemble to get 
> underneath keys to fix. Also I have low volume if I hold them down 
> manually. 
> I know final tube outputs are good but not sure where the low signal 
> is. Do I scope out from the tonewheel somewhere then at a pre-amp. Like 
> I said I injected a tone into the final tube amps and have strong final 
> stage.
> 
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