Fender Rhodes repair?

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whatsup everybody?
I've had a fender rhodes electric piano in my basement for a long time, it was my dads. I was trying to find a repair shop in the boston area that will repair this joint for me.
Does anyone know of one?
 
the best bet is to do it yourself, rhodes really aren't all that complex. there's several groups on the internet that have people selling spare rhodes parts like tines and preamps and whatnot once in a while, as well as a website called http://www.majorkey.com/ . they're expensive, but they have every part possible.

if you DO find a place to repair it, they'll order the parts from the exact same people, charge you more for them, AND charge you labor. not cool.

i've got quite a bit of experience fixing up rhodes, so let me know what your problem is and i'll try to help you out.
 
i appreciate that cuz.
the problem is.. the output.
I cleaned it up yesterday and tried to play it through an amplifier, and no sound would come out. Also, some of the keys dont play, im guessing the hammer of the key is no straight or something? dunno.
and a few of the top keys stick.
and thats it. =]
imma check out that site now
 
okay, take the top off and check the wires leading to the 1/4 output on the jack. They might be disconnected somehow - if they are, all you have to do is resolder them back on. not hard, should only be 2 leads there.

If that doesn't fix your problem, it could be the preamplifier. Your only option in this case, unfortunately, is to replace the preamp, that'll probably run you anywhere from 100-400 dollars, depending on your model of rhodes.

The key not playing is actually a pretty easy fix. that's a broken tine - when you open the top, check the keys that aren't playing. when you look at the row of tines, you'll notice that the tines of the keys that aren't playing are broken off so that the hammer won't hit them. Just get replacement tines for those keys - i got a big box full, because i break them a lot (i play hard sometimes). Long tines can also be trimmed with wire cutters to be short tines in a pinch, but that'll effect the timbre of the sound somewhat.

hope i helped some.
 
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