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Hammond Keycomb Repair...this is one method of tightening up the keycombs on your Hammond. If your keys rattle or click when you play, this will quiet them down and make the keyboard feel like new. To really do a top notch job, though, you should replace the up and downstop felts while you have it apart. You will be amazed at the difference.

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[bobmann107]

The glue I used in this instance was "Loctite Repair Extreme". Duro makes a similar type adhesive...many types will work. Check out your local hobby/craft store. The fabric may be different depending on the amount of slop you need to take up. My wife does a lot of sewing, so I just chose a fabric that worked best. You should be able to wrap a piece of something around the felt pad and put the key back without gluing to see if it will work; then either choose a thicker or thinner fabric then glue

[bobmann107]

I would be concerned with removing the rivet and sticking a pad under the keycomb. Long term I would think the adhesive will fail and the pad will come loose. The glue I use is going to remain solid forever. This is not the kind of thing I would want to redo to replace a pad, especially on the lower manual.

[brandonelliot]

@brandonelliot *make that $34 each, not $24 (long day lol) -B

[brandonelliot]

This vs spending $340 PLUS shipping to replace all the keycombs on my A100 (5 needed PER manual, which means TEN total at $24 each)???? You just saved me some SERIOUS cash, sir!!!! ONE favor: Could you tell me A. EXACTLY what type/brand adhesive you used, B. exactly what brand/type of material you used & C. where to purchase all the above???? I'm golden after that!!!! Thanks for posting this & hope you can help! -B

[paulj0557]

I bet this works excellent Bob.

In repairing a Farfisa Fast 4 combo organ I learned a few things. First of all, nobody makes organs better than Hammond, structurally. The keycomb method is about as durable as it gets! Farfisa molded oval recesses on the key faces and employed a single tiny cylinder of felt to accomplish up,down,and side to side stability. Lowes sells felt sticky back pads (Softtouch #0054062).

I imagine you could drill out that rivet, used the #005.., but taper backing from key

[bionerdz]

This is an outstanding idea. The end result is a comb similar to a CV or BV, and those things are fast and bomb proof. Given the key-to-key variability in wear and width, the calipers look like a key part of the equation. If you drilled out the rivet and removed the felt, that would remove some variability because then you are right to the metal. Might need thicker material or more wraps but the result could be more consistent.

[gfh110]

I've got a project B3 that I acquired this summer that I'm currently restoring and the keycombs definitely need some work. I'll likely employ this method!