Vintage Synth Repair

Tim,
I now see the mechanics of the preset keys. I was curious of the 
comment of the contacts for my volume problem. I can hold the preset 
key down even though it won't lock and all presets give the same low 
volume. That is why I was thinking it had to be something else. But 
are you saying you have seen the low volume with preset contacts 
before? I'm assuming I would have to dissassemble to spray them 
contants. 

So you live in Ohio? I live in Wadsworth, west of Akron.
Frank

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, timothy kosiorek 
<tkosiorek@...> wrote:
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> 
> 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.
>