My friend Ken Baird has had this wonderful Sequential Circuits Pro 1 keyboard for many years, and over time, the rubber stops underneath the keys aged, hardened, and in some cases, came off. The result for the keyboard was it had uneven keys, making it a little awkward to play, and it also clicked a lot when playing the keys. Ken purchased replacement rubber stops from California, and we got to cleaning up the keys and the keyboard itself. One other thing I discovered was another fellow had repaired the keyboard for Ken in the past, but had put it back together incorrectly. I had to put on nuts around the 1/4″ jacks out the back of the keyboard to correct that.
Note the corrected keys in the foreground and the original condition ones towards the rear. Kind of like keys that had braces put on and ones that need them!
Ken and I cleaned the whole keyboard inside and out before putting it back together.
Final result, a cleaned up and refreshed keyboard for Ken to use in all future recordings.
To hear some of Ken’s music, check out http://www.kenbairdmusic.com
