Vintage Synth Repair

the second to highest octave or thereabouts often came with a set of
plates installed between the reed and its screw. apparently this was
done to avoid reed breakage in a high-trafficked area of the keyboard.
if you have these plates installed try removing them as they might be
causing the reeds to vibrate less over the pickup rail. 



--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "unreliablerecords"
<esta.theobald@...> wrote:
>
> I have checked out the service manual, and aside from adjusting the
pickup height, and 
> adjusting the let off, does anyone have any other hints or tricks.
Any advice is appreciated. 
> Thanks.
>