Hours and hours working on this Hohner Clavinet

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Hours and hours working on this Hohner Clavinet

They sound great but take a lot of patience to get right.

They sound great but take a lot of patience to get right.

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This is the underside of a clavinet. Over time the little orange tips (which sort of fret the strings) turn into a gooey, gum like texture. A pain to scoop out and put new ones in. You need patience and some inventive ways of digging out these little buggers!

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