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Yamaha supplies a special lubricant for its keyboards.
It costs $150 for a large tub, but only a full-time tech would ever need that much.
The lube is a blueish pasty substance
This solves the problem in which keys tend to stick when pressed obliquely, even though they move freely when struck vertically.
That's the counter-intuitive part.
I don't understand why it works, but it does. I've had it done for me twice by techs, and once more myself using the free sample I mentioned earlier.
In what way does it work if you have had to do this 3 times, twice by a Tech and once yourself? I have a Yamaha keyboard keyboard here that I'm using every day. It's at least 30 years old now, and I've never had an issue of sticking keys.
Will do some R&B for a while. Give the classical a break.
You can spend the rest of your life looking for music on a sheet of paper. You'll never find it, because it just ain't there. - Me Myself
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Lubrication won't help if the Fatar is defective.
Mine came with the metal pivot rod being thicker in the lower section, causing the lower keys to be 20 grams stiffer than the upper.
You can check this by taking off the keys and moving the pink stoppers. These should not rub against the rod at all, while in fact in many Fatars they do. Poorly machined metal rod is the answer to the endless debate of certain Fatars being stiffer than the others.
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Congratulations, you're a candidate for the bring-a-defunct-thread-back-to-life award.  Synthhero Junior Member Join Date 03/27/16 06:49 PM Last Seen 05/03/16 02:46 PM I doubt your post will make any difference to the Op. Lubrication won't help if the Fatar is defective.
Mine came with the metal pivot rod being thicker in the lower section, causing the lower keys to be 20 grams stiffer than the upper.
You can check this by taking off the keys and moving the pink stoppers. These should not rub against the rod at all, while in fact in many Fatars they do. Poorly machined metal rod is the answer to the endless debate of certain Fatars being stiffer than the others.
Last edited by EVC2017; 08/14/21 09:48 AM.
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I know, I'm just so mad at Fatar that I'm feeling an urge to expose some more Fatar truth everyday. Check out the neighboring thread for more. Congratulations, you're a candidate for the bring-a-defunct-thread-back-to-life award. Synthhero Junior Member Join Date 03/27/16 06:49 PM Last Seen 05/03/16 02:46 PM I doubt your post will make any difference to the Op. Lubrication won't help if the Fatar is defective.
Mine came with the metal pivot rod being thicker in the lower section, causing the lower keys to be 20 grams stiffer than the upper.
You can check this by taking off the keys and moving the pink stoppers. These should not rub against the rod at all, while in fact in many Fatars they do. Poorly machined metal rod is the answer to the endless debate of certain Fatars being stiffer than the others.
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