THANKS TO WHOMEVER RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE FORUM ALIVE!

[Rhythmicons]

I didn't know where to post this, but I just wanted to say thanks for keeping the community together. Its always lame to meet such like-minded people on the internet just to have a forum close down for whatever reason. I understand that stuff like this costs money, but its much better when communities of people, especially musicians interested in a common instrument or share a passion for a great instrument like the Rhodes, can stay together and continue to develop relationship without having to track eachother down on another forums and rebuild.

Thanks to James for all of his hard work and dedication and thanks to whomever is responsible for keeping the forum alive.

Respectfully,
Eric
Rhythmicons

[SWANG]

Thanks to James for all of his hard work and dedication

here here!!!

and thanks to whomever is responsible for keeping the forum alive.

that would be cormac long.  cheers to him as well. 

great post!

[Rob A]

Yes indeed, thank you Cormac.

[drcarver]

BIG +1 on that!  Cormac, drinks are on me if we ever meet!

[prtarrell]

Yes, yes,  cudos to all who have worked on the site before and to Cormac for taking over.  It's a great site and should never die.      Phil in Costa Rica

[Cormac Long]

Thanks for the kind words folks.

Having this forum live on is as important for me as anyone.. I'm still quite green in the area of restoring a Rhodes.. so having this kind of resource is quite important.

I'm still learning the ropes of this restoration task.. I now know for instance that paint stripper is really not a good idea to remove paint from the keys.

My piano keys are yellowish and appear to have been painted in the past. Keybrite etc had no effect in getting back the whiteness. On closer inspection, you could see that someone in times past had painted them with a thin layer of retouching paint. Several of the keys show a whiter plastic exposed behind cracks in the paint. It would be heresy if it turned out that the painter didn't like the whiteness and wanted a more off-white look!

I gently scraped off some of the paint but this was going to scratch the surface and also take too long. So being careful, I decided to try some paint stripper. I figured that a plan B would be to get a new set of caps.. so its not the end of the World if this fails.

I tested two keys with small amounts of paint stripper. It took off the paint horray!.. but it also messed up the original plastic, dissolving it.. the two guinea pigs now look they've been chewed by a dog. The irony.. is that they looking stunningly white!

So plan B applies.. I'll be re-capping my keys at some point in the next few months.

We learn... we move on!

[The Quote Train]

Would also like to provide my thanks,

Looking forward to getting involved with the community, learning and some day helping others!

[pcmancini]

+1 on the thanks.  I learned more about the Rhodes here than I ever could have scouring the net and the other forums.  (I wish there was a Hammond forum like this!)

Paul

[Kbjazzman]

Thank you very much

[clementc3]

I am a little late to the party but +1 on the Thanks from me, too, to the new moderators and sponsors of this forum. 

[Peacefrog35]

i must admit, I didn't even realize what had happened...just that the forum changed.  Thank you so much for keeping it going...I was a little lost for the time it was down.  Thanks again!