[sdiy] Archive Sound?

[Tom Arnold]

On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 05:01:56PM -0500, Glen wrote:
> Don't be distracted by the word "organ." Pratt-Reed keyboard assemblies
> were used by several companies. In fact, organ companies probably used far
> more Pratt-Reed bushings than the synthesizer companies ever did. Organ
> Service is in the USA, and their prices for bushings are very
> reasonable--usually cheaper than most companies which cater to synths. They
> can also sell you the special lubricant you need to use with the bushings.

Just to point out, the special lubricant they sell is mold release silicon
made by dow corning.  I have a tube at home I bought from Organservice.  
The tube you get will be large enough to do several hundred keyboards...

http://www.users.cloud9.net/~pastark/sonote56.htm has a nice diagram and
some notes about the Pratt-Reed assembly like used in a Minimoog.  If you have
a keyboard with the bellcrank, I'd suggest buying a few spare bellcrank
caps, I found several flattened ones in my Mini when I lubed up the caps (
which made as much of a feel improvement as replacing the bushings I might
add ).  The organservice part numbers are on the page.

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