Fender Rhodes LA
Fender Rhodes Piano Service in Los Angeles, CA
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Our Fender Rhodes Tuneup Protocol
This is our Rhodes piano tuneup protocol. We recommend following
these steps every 2 years in order to keep your Rhodes piano
in good shape, ready for recording and stage performances.
1. Humidity Inspection
Inspection of rust, corrosion and wood dampness. Treatment
as necessary.
2. Detailed cleaning
Detailed cleaning prevents unwanted noises, improve the action
and prevents damage to sensitive felt parts!
3. Wood repairs, general screws reinforcement
Repairing broken wood and reinforcing all lose screws like pickups
screws and in Suitcase model - the speakers screws. Lose pickup
screw cause inconsistent voicing and difference in volume between
notes, lose speakers screws tend create rattling sounds and
may damage the wood.
4. Damper felts treatment and adjustment
Firm and cushiony damper felts are essential to get the factory
specs sound. We rejuvenate felt in good condition and replace
worn out felt. All felts are cut to size in our workshop to
perfectly fit every model.
5. Action felt treatment, cleaning and lubrication
Every two years its important to treat ALL action felts in order
to maintain responsive, accurate action. Worn out felt needs
to be replaced.
6. Tone bar Grommets treatment
Flexible grommets are essential for sustain and stability of
tone. Worn out Grommets need to be replaced and grommets in
good condition need to be treated with rubber lubricant.
7. Hammer tips inspection, replacement
Inspection of every hammer tip and its bond
to the hammer, grooved hammers need to be replaced in order
to get even tone and feel throughout the keyboard.
8. Adjustments
This stage requires some playing skills as well as sensitivity
to tone.
The voicing procedure [3] must be done in controlled studio
environment (reference):
[1] Harp inspection and adjustment
[2] Keys regulation
[3] Voicing
[4] Tuning
9. Re-tuning
To ensure the piano will stay in tune we play the piano
for a few days then re-check to see if any notes lost their
tuning. Lose tuning springs need to be replaced or reinforced
for shifted notes.
10. Training
When you come to pick up your Rhodes, we will show you how to
keep your piano in top condition: basic voicing, tuning, care
and maintenance for your model. This information is essential
to any Rhodes owner.
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