[sdiy] OT: Rhodes pickup rewinding

[Bob Weigel]

Hmm.  I'm suspecting that it's not the actual wire but rather that 
*someone* didn't properly strip the enamel off before attempting to 
solder the ends.

The product you need in either case is called 'strip x'.  Bad stuff.  
Don't touch it with your skin at all even.  VEry carefully put a dab on 
the end of the wire you are trying to strip of enamel and let it set for 
a bit and then it will peel like bad varnish.  GC makes it I think.  Not 
sure if it's still available even. But there should be something out 
there for it.

If it's not super fine wire you can always just rake it with a blade.  
Anyway that's more likely the problem since hey...enameled wires don't 
corrode or break usually and unless someone hooked 120 up to one or 
something they certainly should not have burnt out :-)  -Bob

rkmoore at memphis.edu wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>I have a Rhodes piano that I love dearly, but over time the pickups
>slowly die.  I have purchased replacement coils out of cannibalized
>pianos, and this has worked, but I would rather learn to rewind the
>pickups (I want to keep this piano alive for decades to come).  Does
>anyone know the wire gauge or number of turns?  42 seems like a familiar
>number, but I haven't found it well documented.  I  know the impedance
>should be between 170 and 190 ohms.
>
>THANKS,
>
>Richard
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