Tim k.
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> To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
> From: rtellason@...
> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 15:28:26 -0400
> Subject: Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Hammond H100
>
> On Sunday 06 April 2008 15:01, timothy kosiorek wrote:
> > Hello:I've used this only on Hammond preset keys and not on key contacts
> > and I've used it for 30 years without any problems,
>
> I guess you've been lucky, then. (I've worked on Hammonds a bit longer,
> started in 1975 :-)
>
> > if you take the preset keys section apart the contacts are sealed up so the
> > WD-40 does not get on them,The purpose that WD-40 was made for is to mix
> > with other lubricants to thin them down,
>
> "WD" stands for "Water Displacement". It's made of two components: Kerosene,
> which evaporates, and why it makes a lousy lubricant, and "petroleum
> distillates", which leave a gummy residue and which will cause all sorts of
> problems when used in electronics equipment.
>
> > Hammond uses grease on the preset mechanism that dries out and turns to a
> > very sticky paste,any contact cleaner would completely remove the lubricant
> > and cause the presets to lock up,
>
> Then if it needs to be degreased and re-greased it should be.
>
> > I would never use WD-40 on anything else,but this is a mechanical problem
> > on metal to metal parts not an electrical problem.
>
> I'd still use something else in there.
>
> > I work on a dozen Hammonds a month mostly in Churchs and I don't get
> > callbacks but do get return business from my customers for other problems
> > not related to my repairs,for electrical contact problems
>
> Where are you doing this kind of business? I've done organ repair both around
> the NYC area (along with 2 or three other guys I shared that task with) and
> in South Central PA and covering 12 counties never saw that many Hammonds a
> month, and after a while not even that many organs. I don't think people
> around here are fixing them much, and haven't been for the past 10-15 years
> at least, which is a damn shame but that's the situation here.
>
> > I use Caig De-oxit which is recommended by most manufacturers tech
> > departments.
>
> I've heard lots of good things about that stuff as well.
>
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