From organtec@charter.net Tue May 03 03:17:28 2016
Subject:RE: OT: Fatar keyboard action lubricant

Make sure you are using the proper grease for the particular action. Some companies had 3 or 5 greases depending ob action and purpose. Some greases are lubricants and some are actually damping grease to slow the action.



From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Monday, May 2, 2016 6:57 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CWSG] OT: Fatar keyboard action lubricant





A little off topic as this affects the weighted TP40M action in my Nord Stage 76 (but it does have the Electro Hammond model)...



I've got a key that is sticking - A below middle C. As you can imagine, this is really annoying. If I thump it from the front and push the key hard to one side then it sorts itself out mostly for a couple of songs. I'm now doing all my gigs (mostly piano) solely on my Kronos 61 and making copious use of octave shifting. I've taken the thing apart a few times, and I've worked on Fatar actions before, so the likely culprit is either a slightly bent finger the rises up in the middle of the key, or a lack of lubricant.



Anyway, I have two questions:



1. What is the lubricant? It's a thick paste of some kind, but googling comes up with a lot of contradictory posts on various forums, and from experience I know that spray on silicon lubricant isn't sufficient.



2. Should I attempt to sand/file down the rubber on the finger that holds the key in position?



Many thanks!



James