the keybed design of the Stage EX76

[john poole]

A student I work with privately has a Nord Stage 76 and it is already experiencing keybed problems. The clacking sound reminds me of what I heard and soon troubleshot with a Fatar ST900. A plastic nib kept the "hammer" lever from travelling too far and when it failed the action would slam up into the underside key cavity. I solved it by putting felt padding to the underside of the key. Just to make things clear. I do not use Nord products- I prefer using a midi controller with external sounds. I've owned many many controllers from simple 3 octave desktop setups to a Roland A-30/33/37 type to my present one - a Fatar Studiologic SL990XP. The XP is a VERY flawed controller but I've learned to work around it. I got it from Sam Ash in PA for under $400. It does not transmit sustain message on any channel by channel 1. Fatar refuses to even admit they have a flawed controller still for sale. I digress-
I'm wondering if others using Nord keyboards have had keybed problems and if they know if Fatar makes the keybed. Thanks, John Poole, see: wyncoteacademy.org faculty if curious.

[waaktaar]

1) Yes, the Nord Stage uses Fatar keybeds.

2) One of the keys on my Stage Classic 76 has the same problem, but it got a beating at a gig, so I don't blame it. It doesn't affect my playing that much, but the "clicking" sound is a bit annoying.