Not too many of these around these days – quite a challenging instrument to service due not least to the unique key design. Also, as the body is made of acrylic it is very prone to damage and wear of the body lugs that hold the key stacks in place.
Not too many of these around these days – quite a challenging instrument to service due not least to the unique key design. Also, as the body is made of acrylic it is very prone to damage and wear of the body lugs that hold the key stacks in place.
The top stack removed, showing the unique design.
The pads are screwed, rather than glued, in place.
As previously mentioned – a worn body lug for the low D# and C key stack.
The lug was replaced using delrin epoxied in place with a screw to secure.
The finished article – fully play tested and returned to the customer. A more in depth article on Grafton repair is available to NAMIR members in ‘The Intrepid Repairer’.
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