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Hallo there, this is my second post here. I can recommend checking out the "Electric Keys" site which looks the same that I got once from "Vintage Vibe" some years back, finding that it matched the original and readily tinned when required. Hope this helps.
Cheers.

Hallo there MB. Having read your post some days ago, and hoping that you are making progress, my amplified Rhodes mk II stage 73 just started cutting out during a warm up home session, thankfully it was not in the middle of some gig or other. Looking for a dodgy connection on my Rhodes is always a fun, though sometimes in public, a humbling challenge and part of living with it. Cutting to the chase, I agree with all the above helpful replies and here is some of what I look for: checking the ohms resistance figure of each pickup, that they are up there in the 170+ region, hopefully. I am no pro' and so I tolerate my own efforts of pickup rewinds reading below that, my harp having a real mix of whites, reds and amateur re-wounds. This last time, the cut out was through an electro-mechanical join where a few of the pickup mounting plates were not "earthing" to the foil strip, so they all got an extra crank down nip from a trusty socket. And then the black wire plates either end of the row of pickups got a refreshing jiggle and another twist from the the philips screwdriver. For good measure, I checked the Ohms at the phono socket, unplugged and get a reading of 1321 Ohms on a good day,
though I have no idea if that's near the proper average.
These words are from a forum newbie, still getting surprised by these rewarding instruments both through playing and maintaining.
My respects anyone who works with them inside and out.
Cheers from Julkey73.

My Mk II lives through a Fender Deluxe Vintage Modified, and for gigs add a Roland Cube with a X-over J40R horn added from Henry's.
Boost and Trem' 'Moo' pedals are handy supports.