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Ive just chopped my 206 and want to have a headphone out, line out and I also intend to make a small speaker box to house the original 8inch speakers in so will need a 3rd output for that. I cant seem to find any info about adding all that, so any help with wiring this all up and what components I need would be much appreciated. Will I need to have a dummy load when the speakers arn't plugged in?

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Oliver

After searching for a couple of years for a continental in australia I finally found not one but 2 that i got for a bargain.
Both italian made the single manual is in really good condtion but the dual manual is nearly mint, even the legs were still in plastic....
They came with all the accessories, including pedals, a 3rd pair of legs, a spare lid, and even the vinyl case  for the super continental.

After bringing them home I realised the single manual is a 110v machine but we have 240v down under. I tryed it out when I bought it for a few mins and it worked fine just had a little hum. Is there anyway to determine if it has been converted to 240 already? looks stock inside. Would seem strange to convert it to 240 and leave the american plug on it.... Would it of blown straight away in 240v power if it was 110v?

Im also in need of one of the metal attachments that the wingnuts for the legs screw into but have no idea where to find them or where they are from..

Chassing the lowest, #1 and #2 tines and tonebars for a 73 key rhodes. Been looking for a while, If anyone has any spares they are willing to part with that would be much appreciated.

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Oliver

My rhodes is missing a number of the end caps on the keys and some are chipped, i dont really want to replace the whole lot with new ones as I like the yellowed look, does anyone on here have any old ones after replacing there new ones that they want to part with?? my rhodes is from 1974

Ive got a 206 that I'm about to chop, I found some legs off an old table that are very similar to the 200 legs so im going to mount them but I have to make the mounts and add a thread to the top off the legs. I want to mount them in the exact same spot and make the plates the same size as the originals so if I ever get any I can swap them over easily.

If anyone with a 200 is able to give me the measurements of the mounting plates, there distances from the edges, how long the legs are, what thread is used and if the legs are on any angles or just straight down that would be really appreciated. Also any pics of the underside of your wurly would be a great help   

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Just picked up a new rhodes, looks a little hagged, been well gigged, but sounds and plays great.
Its had a few interesting mods, the new wiring to apparently quieten it down, and no end tines/tone bars or hammers.
I'm going to replace the felts, and clean it all up.
If anyone has any old keycaps/ends that I could buy a few, that would be great. want them to match the yellowed original keys.
Any tips for the deep scratches in the lid?
Any way of dating it? I cant seem to find a date on it, but its got wooden hammers and harp support so im assuming early 70s??

just chasing a working amp for my wurli, havnt had any luck with rebuilding mine. cheers

just got 2 wurli 206 student model pianos both in really good condition apart from faulty transistors in the amp (got the deluxe amp kit from vintage vibe in the mail to rebuild them) and a few sticky keys on one of them (whats the general solution for them? do you use lube on the key pins?)

im going to be selling one as a student model (once its working) and keeping the other, wasnt going to do much to it, but after i managed to score some leftover paint from my old man painting a rally car. i gave the top a coat, and am now going to do the full 206-200 conversion.
Throught id through it up here as who doesnt like a diy build with pretty pics?

when i got it



after a fresh coat of orange 2pak auto paint


as it didnt really match the brown/tan base, thought a bit of orange cloth would look a bit better, unfortunately not (its alot more red in person). So im going to rip it off the base and make my own sustain pedal and legs. have a few ideas in mind, anyone done this before?also will need to buy a electric piano faceplate, does anyone have any for sale?



also decided to make my rhodes match =]


and painted an old scratched PRS i had

just picked up a 206 student, its in really good nick, i wired it up so it runs of mains power, it turns on but theres no output out of any headphone jacks or the speakers, it just hums when set on whatever output its set on. ive checked there are no cracks in the circuit board. what else should i check/ replace? im in Australia and dont think i would find anyone local who has a clue about them, as they are very rare over here, and ive spent all night searching for info on the net with little luck.

any help or where to find it would be really appreciated.
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hi, im brand new to this forum and rhodes but i just picked this up the other day for $200 australian (about $170 US), came with the sustain pedal/rod, cover, and maybe some legs if the owner can find them. got a bit of moisture in it so it needs rust removal and 13 new pickups, but the rest of it is in pritty decent condition for a 30yr old instrument, ive started using a wire brush on the end of a drill to remove the rust after the tonebars and tines have been soaking in kerosene, seems to work ok, anyone else done anything like this before and found an easier way to do it, like an acid or something that will eat the rust and not the metal? ive read alot of people have been using kerosene and sandpaper, but it wasnt cleaning the tines very well. also a little worried about breaking the larger tines with the drill when i get to them.

whats the easiest way to tune this beast, some of the tunning springs are jammed.

I coated all the tonebars with clear acrylic to prevent further rust

here are some pics







After a whole lot of cleaning





and a day with the wire brush and sandpaper










not even a quarter of the way through
As you can see i painted the harp rails, do they need to be sanded back where the conductive tape the pickups sit on meets? i wasnt sure if they are part of the circuit.

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