To remove keys from this keyboard assembly, first pull off the key stop.
It's at the rear of the keys and it runs the entire length of the keyboard.
Make a mark to identify its orientation.
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With the key stop removed, push down on the rear of a key, then push back a little so it
unhooks from a cutout in the metal key frame. Here you see the key
unhooked.
Notice the leaf spring in the middle of the photo. This is the spring
that forces a key back up after it's played. This spring will lift
the key up once its rear is unhooked.
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This photo shows two black keys, one with a broken rear hook. This is where these keys
often fail, causing them to wobble,
lean, or bind on adjacent keys.
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Here's a look at a Korg M1 keyboard with the low C key removed.
The red tape marks the slot that receives one end of the key spring.
Before a black key can be removed, its adjacent white keys must be out.
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This is the same key spring slot on a Yamaha MOTIF6. It's a little
different than the Korg
but there's no difference in either the key or the key spring.
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Here's the removed key and key spring.
Near the front of the key, the contact pusher sticks up.
In the
Key Contacts Story,
there's a photo of a key contact that's stuck
on the wrong side of this pusher.
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