Emery cloth soaked in kerosene is the best way. I had a friend who works at the Swedish National Heritage Board that restores and preserves historical materials.
He took a tine to the experts there, who replied that the correct and most gentle way to clean a tine is by using emery cloth soaked in kerosene.
Emery cloth works great also. I had some rusty tuning and tonebar support springs that had some rust on them. That commercial liquid -CLR- works great to rid the springs of rust. I poured a little into a plastic butter tub and put the springs in over night. Nest day a little brushing with a an old stiff toothbrush got rid of the rust. IMPORTANT!!! Use vinyl gloves to protect your hands.
These vintage vibe videos are awesome! Thanks so much for posting them. Going to be trying to do some minor repairs on my own Rhodes and these videos will be really helpful.
"...Then we take the shaft... and twist it at the base..." Hahaha.
JTylerBentley 3 months ago
6:50 Hall and Oates!
returnofsimple 5 months ago
Emery cloth soaked in kerosene is the best way. I had a friend who works at the Swedish National Heritage Board that restores and preserves historical materials.
He took a tine to the experts there, who replied that the correct and most gentle way to clean a tine is by using emery cloth soaked in kerosene.
Freddan
fregot 1 year ago
Emery cloth works great also. I had some rusty tuning and tonebar support springs that had some rust on them. That commercial liquid -CLR- works great to rid the springs of rust. I poured a little into a plastic butter tub and put the springs in over night. Nest day a little brushing with a an old stiff toothbrush got rid of the rust. IMPORTANT!!! Use vinyl gloves to protect your hands.
Keyboardman88 1 year ago
7:10 -
those dampers look really nasty, or were they made this way?
MoveOverCasanova 1 year ago
These vintage vibe videos are awesome! Thanks so much for posting them. Going to be trying to do some minor repairs on my own Rhodes and these videos will be really helpful.
Jammonstrald 2 years ago
take time for a tine! and huge of it they needed! amazing work guys!
awfulguitarplucker 2 years ago
what does cleaning the tins do?
Bendrobert2005 2 years ago
can you clean the tines with the scotch brite if you just leave them on the harp, lifted up, but still intact?
hotlanta71 2 years ago
does cleaning the tines make them work again when the pick up is coil is good?
123demaio 2 years ago
where can you find a rhodes tine legnth chart?
samiegfunk1 3 years ago
you might be able to google it then just print it out
christianfulwood 3 years ago
@samiegfunk1: Both the Fender Rhodes Super site and Vintage Vibe's site offer downloadable tine length charts that can be printed out.
aarfeld 2 years ago