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All,

So - the restoration of the 1973 Stage 73 is coming along. Thanks to all that have been very generous with their time and help.

I finished prepping the hammers for new tips last night and I noticed there are a couple of hammers which have the head affixed at an angle.

It's a 1973, so it has the plastic arms with wooden heads.

My question is, can the head be safely separated from the arm in order to straighten this out? It appears to be a simple butt joint - probably glued with a cynoacrylate type adhesive. But I don't know if there is anything hidden that I can't see.

I also don't know if there is any procedure for separating (and then rejoining) the two.?.?

I'm sure I could leave them as-is. But if it's "correctable", I'd rather make it a bit more right.

Thanks again.

-Paul

All,

I am restoring a 1973 Rhodes and am considering replacing the damper arms (with revised design from Vintage Vibe) and bridle straps.

Both bridle straps and damper arms appear to be fine - but I have seen videos where people have quite a bit of trouble with getting the dampers to function correctly. And I'd rather replace the damper arms than have a lot of trouble with the originals. I just don't have a sense of how likely it is to have problems getting original damper arms to function. If it's unlikely that I will have problems, then I'd continue with the originals. If you think it's likely that I will have trouble getting the original damper arms to function - then I'd opt for the revised design from Vintage Vibe.

As I will be installing new damper felts, I want to decide before doing that.

The bridle straps look good - but perhaps it also makes sense to replace those when refurbishing (regardless of appearance)?

Would like to know what you experienced restorers think.

Thanks!

-Paul

All,

I'm sure this is very basic - but I don't want to do any damage "learning" the correct way.

I want to remove the dampers (arms, not just the felts) from my 1973 Stage model. I removed the damper release bar and removed one of the damper mounting screws. I believe that is all that is required. However, the damper arm did not want to separate from the action. It appears that all of the damper arms have some kind of adhesive applied on the damper mounting screws and also where the bridal straps attach.

I don't want to destroy the damper arms in the process of removing them. Is there a special or preferred process to remove the damper arms once the mounting screw has been removed?

Thanks,
-Paul

Hello to all.

I am new to The Electronic Piano Forum - and this is my first post.

I came to own an old "Stage" model several years ago. It is basically functioning (at least it was the last time I plugged it in). It just has several tines missing and the "case/enclosure" is shot. It's also missing the legs and sustain pedal assembly, but those seem easy enough to replace.

Anyway - I finally have the urge to restore this old classic to very good/excellent condition and I figure the folks on this forum are likely to be some of the best resources that I could possibly find.

The first thing I want to attack is building a new case/enclosure. I assume that's relatively straight forward and fairly common. But I haven't found many references by way of Google.

Anyone know of any good links with information regarding this task? Is it so straight forward that no one has felt the need to document/post? Or perhaps I just haven't managed to find the right search terms.?.?

Anyway - looking forward to participating in the community for the next few months - and getting to know some of you.

Kind Regards,
-Paul