Last night I was doing my weekly checkup on my Rhodes. I gig with it relatively frequently, so I like to check it out before I take it to a gig. During my check up, I noticed that two of my hammer arms have broken pins!!
Here is a post on the Fender Rhodes Supersite that details someone reshaping Mark I and II hammers to mirror the Mark V standard. It would be nice to come up with a robust method of fixing this problem.
Here is an image of the pivot pin on a reshaped Mark I hammer arm:
I’ll be fixing it somehow soon, and posting pictures as well. I’ll keep you posted.
I hope that you were able to solve this problem with your Mark V. It’s a problem I’m sure we will all share as the plastic deteriorates.
Speaking of Mark V’s, at the Fender Rhodes SuperSite Forum, I began a thread to try to find all the Mark V’s locations, serial numbers, and 4-digit dating. This is inspired by the Rhodes Chroma site, which has accounted for a bunch of the synths, as you probably already know.
If you are interested in adding yours to the fray, you can respond at the forum in the thread. Thanks!
You can buy mkV hammers at http://www.ep-service.nl
Peace!