Sticking keys are a common issue on Hohner Clavinets that haven’t been serviced or have been well used. It can be a number of things: Something is stuck down there: Whether its a penny or a guitar pick, small thin objects can sometimes fall in between parts of your Clavinet and cause the keys to […]

The Clavinet switches on the left hand side of a D6 or E7 control the sound, but what do they mean? Brilliant, Treble, Mid, and Soft are high-pass EQ filters. When one is engaged it brings out more higher frequencies in the signal of the Clavinet. But what do the letters mean? The switches C/D […]

Assuming the jack cable is plugged in (believe me it happens more than you’d think!), this could be one of several reasons, most of which are very simple fixes: The battery is dead Hohner Clavinet’s use a 9V Battery to power the internal pre-amp. The most common reason it won’t power on is because the […]

Should you tune your Clavinet yourself? Absolutely yes! And in fact, we suggest you should. Because the Clavinet has strings that are under similar tension to a guitar, they can go out of tune quite quickly, expecially when played frequently or there are changes in temperature and humidity (i.e. its been in the back of […]

Vintage instruments can often be noisy. But there’s something about a Hohner Clavinet that when it starts to become noisy, it really goes for it. Whether it’s hum or a type of static, here are a few things that you can take a look at: Electrical interference: Hohner Clavinets are very sensitive to noise interference […]

It is likely that the yarn that mutes the strings in the non-speaking length of the string is not dampening properly. The solution is to either remove the yarn and replace it, or to remove it at use Clavigel; which is a more modern dampening mechanism created by Vibe Vibe

Out of all the electoacoustic pianos, this is the most simple to tune. Below the keys is a rail they can be removed to reveal the tuning pegs that the strings are wrapped around. By using a flat head screwdriver on the screw at a right angle to the tuning leg, you can adjust the […]