Hohner Clavinet maintenance and repair

 

The Hohner Clavinet was produced from the early sixties until the early eighties. This means every Clavinet will be over 35 years old by now. It’s assumable, if your Clavinet is still in stock condition, it probably isn’t functioning properly anymore. Known symptoms are:

 

– Out of tune

– Dead keys

– Difference in sound and volume of every key 

– Double striking

– Hum and noise in signal

– Click- and pop noises when striking and releasing a key

– Bad damping (especially on lower keys)

 

All these unwanted symptoms can be fixed by Vintage Instrument Service. Three standard service packages are offered. All rates are including materials and excluding VAT. Scroll further below to check the most common services for a Clavinet D6 and E7.

 

Hohner Clavinet package 1 €125,- incl vat

– Tuning

– Voicing

 

The Clavinet has a very primitive tuning mechanism, therefore it needs tuning on a regular bases. When voicing a Clavinet all volumes and sounds per key are equalized.

 

Hohner Clavinet package 2 €460,- incl vat

– Tuning

– Voicing

– Replacing key bushings

– Replacing hammertips

 

Package 2 includes package 1 and also the replacement of some materials inside the Clavinet. Replacing the keybushings will make your action like new. No more noise, stuck keys and keyplay anymore. Replacing the hammertips ensures an optimal strike of the string and makes sure the hammertips don’t stick on the strings like old ones do that get dried out and sticky. This is where the unwanted pop noises are coming from. 

 

Hohner Clavinet package 3 €700,- incl vat

– Tuning

– Voicing

– Replacing key bushings

– Cleaning keys and keybed

– Leveling keys

– Replacing hammertips

– Rebuilding preamp (D6 only)

 

Package 3 includes package 2 and a rebuild pre-amp which will make the Clavinet quiter, less hum and less noise. It never will go away entirely since the singlecoil pickups in Clavinet will always give some noise. But with this rebuild the Clavinet will be quiter than before. If you want you Clavinet to be more quite, pre-amp replacement with an aftermarket pre-amp and even aftermarket humbucker pickups will do the job. See below for prices. replacment of the strings and damperyarn, which ensures a fresh and clear sound and also proper damping of the strings.

 

Hohner Clavinet packege 4 €1.150,- incl vat

– Tuning

– Voicing

– Replacement key bushings

– Cleaning keys and keybed

– Leveling keys

– Replacement hammertips

– Replacement strings

– Replacement dampingyarn with clavigel

– Rebuilding pre-amp (D6 only)

– Internal cleaning

 

 

Package 4 includes package 3 and replacment of the strings and damperyarn with clavigel from Vintage Vibe, which ensures a fresh and clear sound and also proper damping of the strings.

 

Repair and modifications

 

Tuning	€ 70
Voicing	€ 70
Replacing key bushings	€ 200
Replacing key springs (only with key bushings)	€ 175
Rebuilding pre amp	€ 100
Replacing strings (tuning and new clavigel damping included)	€ 495
Replacing hammertips	€200
Replacing one string	€ 12
Replacing 1x pickup, contact us for possibilities, from	€ 300
New preamp from Vintage Vibe incl autowha and assembly	€ 900

 

Vintage Instrument Service can collect your instrument or have it shipped to our workshop. Contact us for more info.