Protek and Action Improvement?

[Hochstrasser]

I posted this in the MOds and Upgrades forum with no response maybe somewhere that reads this forum would know. I have read that spraying silicon on the pedestal felt or applying other lubricants is the best way to improve the action on a Rhodes. I have also read that silicon spray can sometimes be bad, would it be possible to apply Protek with a paintbrush (I don't have the spray version of this) to improve the action? I used it to lubricate all the action centers on my Wurlitzer and it did wonders (it was reccomended by a piano tech who nay-sayed the Wurlitzer manuals Naptha and silicon ointment). I was wondering if anyone has done this and if it is possible. Thanks!

- Erich

[piano ma'am]

Protek is by far the latest and greatest lubricant for actions.
It is quite expensive (as you may already know) but works well.
It can be used anywhere felt contacts metal.
(Even on the front and balance pins where the keybushings are.)

The CLP version is what you'd like to get your hands on and it should be applied with a hypo-oiler to areas.

Spraying anything in a piano action is bad becasue you never know where a product can end up. (And there's a handfull of areas where you DO NOT want any lubricants hanging around.)

The spray version (that you have?) of this is called "prolube" and while I do have a conatiner of this, I don't use it much. I have *no* idea if it's the same thing as the CLP.
I use this "prolube" only to help my centerpin extractor when it starts to jam up- and that is  metal-to-metal contact.

Get a container of "CLP" and a hypo-oiler and call me in the morning.

[tmoney]

which parts are bad to get the spray on out of curiosity?

[piano ma'am]

Anything electronic, anything that generates tone (hammers, tines, etc...)
action parts that have teflon coated on them (some piano actions have this..)
damper felts, leather parts..

:mrgreen:

[Tehu]

Hi, This post remember me that i have a question:
Is this normal that i have red ''pad'' on my keys



and i see other pictures that they dont have these, they have it on the base of the hammer!
is this a différence between the older Fender Rhodes and the Rhodes

[Ben Bove]

yes they are both factory uses, on the key base itself is more common rather than under the hammer.  but both were rhodes specs