Tim K.
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> To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
> From: fsimon001@...
> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:48:11 +0000
> Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hammond H100
>
> 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
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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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