Diff: BusbarLubeJob

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 !Preparations 

  

 You will need the following materials: 

 # A box of alcohol prep pads - any drug store. 

 # A book of matches. 

 # Time and patience. 

  

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 * Stand the manuals on end with the presets (left side of the manual) facing up. * Remove the small rectangular plate from both keyboards, and remove the large screw which goes through the drawbar base. You will now see a gadget that retains the busbars. Loosen the two screws and move the restraint back to allow removal of the rods. 

  

 * Take your matchbook and jamb it between the cheek block and the Cancel key. This will prevent you from hitting a contact, or getting the rod back in on the wrong side of the busbar. (The point here is to make sure a preset ''never, ever'' gets accidentially latched down.) 

  

  

 * Now, with an alcohol prep pad, wipe the rod several times. Use one pad for each rod, dry and apply a __thin__ coat of bus lube to the rod. (Some people swear that bus lube is rarely if ever needed.) It's time for the fun now. Make sure the rod is not bent and re-install in the same place from which it came. 

 ;: __CAUTION!!__ If you encounter any resistance, __STOP__. Remove the rod and again inspect for bends. Keep trying until the rod goes back in easily. I've found that on later units with the square rods, it sometimes helps to arch the rod slightly as you re-insert it. Make sure the Cancel key is down! I'd bet that a great deal of swearing is in order at this time, but __don't force the rods__. On later consoles, there are holes for additional rods. Be sure to replace the rods in the same holes originally used. 

  

  

 I've done this on my C-3 (and it was worth it). The procedure is roughly similar to that for the manuals. The following notes are from memory, and so are a bit sketchy and may not be 100% correct --- sorry, feel free to make corrections or additions. 

  

 How to get to the pedal busbars: 

 * Get a couple of blocks (4" by 4" by 18" or so, I think would work well) and use them to jack the organ up off the ground. (Jack the organ up 4" not 18" :-) (I guess you'll need four blocks for a B-3.) 

 * Remove the screws and little plate which hold the pedal wiring tube to the [TG] shelf. 

 * Remove the screw which attaches the swell pedal linkage to the swell pedal. (You may want to remove the swell pedal linkage altogether, just to get it out of the way.) 

 * Remove the four screws (one is a hex-head) which secure the wood cover plate to the pedal switches.