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Adding weight to Polysix keys...

Adding weight to Polysix keys...

2016-08-01 by scott.hamblin@abbott.com

I repaired two intermittent keys on my P6 on the weekend using some used keys from a scrapped P61 keyboard. The used keys had been modified by filling the small plastic cavity directly above the key contact with some kind of hard resin. This resin added a tiny bit of weight but more importantly it changed how the key pushes onto the rubber key contact. In my case this dramatically improved the reliability of the key strike. It could be my imagination but the weight feels a little better when I play too. 

 

It got me thinking that adding something with a bit more weight might improve the feel and reliability of the key contacts. My Kurzweil K2000 has a much nicer action and I think its due to the weight.

 

Wondering whether anyone has seen a modification like this before...?

 

Anyone know what the resin is...?

Re: Adding weight to Polysix keys...

2016-08-05 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

could be anything ... you are in a far better position to tell than we are.

HOWEVER - it seems to me that getting a bunch of those little lead weights that adhere to the side of an automobile wheel rim might be just the ticket. I think some of those have an adhesive on them. Yeah - not a bad idea for a mod at all..!

Re: Adding weight to Polysix keys...

2016-08-05 by scott.hamblin@abbott.com

Here's a photo showing the original key and one filled with what looks like a type of plaster. Note the small square compartment they filled, maybe in some versions of this key bed some metal weights fit inside?