How to Remove and Clean Piano Keys in a Yamaha Clavinova

[@lam-thai-nguyen]

You saved me. You saved my curiosity. You saved my musical passion. You saved my mechanical passion. Thank you. You are the best professor from KZbin University. Hope people in the future will find this video and let it guide them.

[@MatthewPolack]

This right here is why KZbin and creators like yourself are awesome.. A guitar pick had fallen down into my keyboard...jamming my F#! I would have had no clue about what to do...other than madly unscrewing things....followed your instructions and tonight...order is restored and my F# is happily playing the game again!! Thanks so much. (Oh, and I even got my guitar pick back too:)

[@paulschaefer3656]

Thank you-so helpful. My 3 year old stuck a guitar pick in the keys and I would not have known how to remove the key to get at it without this video.

[@chopin2747]

i just bought a clp 125 at 150€ because of a broken key, and thanks to your video i've repaired it, and it works perfectly, thank you so much!!!

[@hashkhalil4930]

Thank you so so much. We have had our Yamaha for 17 years, and when one of the keys started sticking we thought it meant it was time to buy another whole piano. I just happened to stumble on this video and thanks to you I managed to change the (cracked) key. I would previously have been to scared to open it up and try to rectify the issue, but you had such a positive 'can do' tone in the way you described the operation, you made me believe I could do it! You have saved us a small fortune, we really appreciate it.

[@jacobwhang4440]

Where did you buy the new key

[@hashkhalil4930]

Haven't got round to buying a new one yet, swapped it for a rarely used key lower down

[@Johhsa]

Hello I just tried it and now I cant put back the replacement keys ive been doing it for 2 hours now but I cant put them back in im so stressed please help me ):

[@edwardjardines9623]

Well, I have a piano made in China for a French company that went out of business. I’ve looked around for solutions to a key that was loud and temperamental. I thought it was dust but the connectors are sealed. The problem was the nub on the seal was twisted. I had no idea how to access the underneath the key until I came across your video. My keys are slightly different and have two pins retaining each key. I needed two very thin spark plug gapping tools and a small screwdriver to set them in place. Once in place I could pop the key out with the screwdriver. I was worried about breaking the supports because they’re plastic and the pins are about 2mm long but they seem to be pretty solid. Anyway, I was going to try to contact the Chinese manufacturer for advice but your video did the trick! Thanx a million!

[@gcotogno]

This video has been such a life saver for me. I had just lost my guitar plectrum between two keys of my Clavinova and it was stuck there. Thanks to this video I have been able to gain access to the plectrum and remount everything in few minutes. Thanks a lot!

[@cosmic_gate476]

Guitar pick sounds so much cooler than a word that rhymes with rectum

[@gcotogno]

@@cosmic_gate476 Yes, that's the reason why the plectrum was sitting on the piano instead of being used. Anyway, I can guarantee that the sound of my piano was not cool at all with that piece of plastic stuck between the keys...

[@timwebster833]

Fixed my piano keys in less than one hour after watching this. Thanks.

[@amierobson7222]

My keys have been sticky for a couple years (I'm a lapsed piano player) but I wanted to clean it up for my daughter. This video has been so helpful! Thank you!

[@luffe2006]

Thank you for this instructional video about CPL-120. It really helped all the way through. I know from other things I have repaired: Count the numbers of screws you unscrew and if necessary put them in the exact order you took them out. Use small bowls for each pair of screws (1 for the top, 1 for the cover, etc.). I'm not experienced so it helped me to make sure I resemble it the right way. And with your help actually, I found it quite easy. It's quite expensive to take the instrument to a professional repair. For this one, I saved at least 200$ and perhaps the problem will occur again. So: THANK YOU 🙏🏻👍

[@rachaeliddon6265]

I bought a second hand Yamaha YDP-121 and used this video to remove and clean the keys. I never worked out why one of my D keys was sticking but it improved when I switched it for the highest one up the keyboard that I will rarely use. Thanks for the help.

[@j.russell8003]

Thank you so much for this video. I am not the handiest guy in town, but was able to fix my piano today thanks to your brilliant, clear instructions. Greatly appreciated!

[@Lanceawright]

Thank you for this. I had FOUR pennies rattling around, but hidden in my P-140. Two pennies I could remove by opening the case and shake them out. The last two were stuck and these instructions helped me extract them! Great tutorial...That's my two cents... WAIT. Make that FOUR!

[@JamesAlexanderJack]

Thanks so much for making this video. I just managed to fix my YDP-123 Clavinova with this. The internal design is a bit different here and there, but the keyboard itself is the same. Knowing how to use a knife to replace the keys is such important information!

[@jenniferbaubie]

I know this is a very late comment but I had the most annoying rattle in my piano that was coming from inside, this video was a godsend! Thank you!

[@lilu4556]

I have been waiting for months for someone to fix my clavinova and thanks to your Video I was finally able to do it myself👍😁

[@TVProduction101]

Thank you so much!!! I found a guitar pick under F and F# keys! This was so helpful! Done! Now back to playing.

[@declangibson1891]

Thanks so much! Extremely helpful video

[@em_milli]

Thanks for the thorough video! Fixed my wife's piano this afternoon!

[@cautioussteve]

Thank you so much for this video! This is by far the clearest one I found. Some of the keys on my twenty year old Clavinova are moving slowly so I'm going to take a look at them to see if cleaning them makes them work like the others again.

[@jonmorrow1291]

Great stuff, I'll be tackline a broken E key on my mates Clavinova 120 tonight, this was exactly what I needed.

[@nicolasboulicault4453]

Thanks so much ! I own a Yamaha P255 and the keys are exactly the same as the Clavinova. Your tip to remove the keys with a knife saved my life (or at least my piano's one :)

[@stellamikrouli3904]

Thank you so much for your video!!!! I just fixed my piano by replacing 4 broken keys. I couldn't do it without your help!!!

[@Johhsa]

Hello Stella I just tried it and now I cant put back the replacement keys ive been doing it for 2 hours now but I cant put them back in im so stressed please help me ):

[@gregoire8376]

This was very useful and helpful in my key replacement. See also my comment responding to the question about where the key came from. They are not that expensive.

[@jamiebuckley2657]

Thank you for making such a useful and detailed video! This made it straightforward to replace a broken key on my Clavinova CLP-930. I thought I would have to buy a new piano and luckily came across this video. Thanks again!

[@Johhsa]

Hello I just tried it and now I cant put back the replacement keys ive been doing it for 2 hours now but I cant put them back in im so stressed please help me ):

[@jamiebuckley2657]

@@Johhsa Sorry, I’m not an expert :). Which model do you have? What happened when you tried the technique in the video?

[@anthonypascual9949]

Hi Geo, where did you order the replacement keys? Thank you for your help.

[@pennyeshua]

GREAT! Thanks SO MUCH. I have saved myself a lot of money. I am SO proud of myself that I have managed to do this all by myself!

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[@sagegary993]

@Randall Billy Instablaster :)

[@Johhsa]

Hello I just tried it and now I cant put back the replacement keys ive been doing it for 2 hours now but I cant put them back in im so stressed please help me ):

[@toux8210]

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[@perdaleskog5410]

Thank you so much! Followed your instructions and now my piano is as good as new! 🙏🏻

[@borisgodet3907]

Thanks for your video, I fixed my CLP130 today and I am happy to get pleasure playing again

[@seaside1963]

Really good tutorial. Could not get a replacement middle b key so swapped it for the top b key, they are the same. Will replace that when lockdown is over. Thanks

[@naprapatdavidbjorhagvarnam6918]

Thank you! Thanks to you I dared to buy a second hand clavinova that needed some Love for about 150dollars I just cleaned it and I put some springs pack in place in it was good as new :)

[@justinwang7582]

Just fixed mine following your instructions. Thanks

[@grahammartin8511]

thanks for this! Quick question... did you have to re-grease the keys when you cleaned them? if so, any grease in particular?

[@rebeccatheall640]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! I needed this! I was told it was very hard to work on this piano. You made it very simple and possible!!

[@rebeccalouisewillson]

Thank you! You helped my fix my pupils piano after their toddler sister posted lots of things in through the lid 😬

[@Dr_JimY]

Great video! I replaced two (2) "D" keys following your excellent instructional video. When I reassembled the piano (P-120) I noticed about 1/8" play on them (Foreware to rearward) They play ok but I think I must have missed a slot on the underside of the keys for the Key Spring. I dread taking it all apart again. Would it be the key spring that allows this amount of front to rear play in the keys>

[@jimarora]

great video ... changed 4 keys on our cvp107 - few different screws location but straightforward after watching this. However the keys are less heavier and make a slight clicking sound when played - assume it's because they are newer and not 'worn in' or perhaps they are made with different materials - any thoughts?

[@coffeeandleggins]

So glad I came across this video. Got a tip on the best place to purchase proper replacement keys? All I can find are keycaps

[@Douglas555]

Amazing video, thank you! But the most amazing thing is that you have the same knives my family has been using here in Italy since the 50s! They were imported from the US back then ;)

[@dean3434]

Great instructional video! However, as I can see this piano was loaded with dust and stuff inside. Always a good practice to at least have a cloth dust cover or some kind. Looks like the owner of this piano did not always make use of that built-in slide cover. Thanks for this video!! Dean Seattle

[@mootal2812]

Great demo of repair 👍👍👍

[@laceyc.6104]

Thank you!! This was very helpful and I was able to replace a broken key, and felt with the help from another tutorial. My CLP-840 is 20 years old and now plays like new! When I pulled my keys off there is a green, maybe silicone gel, on the underneath of all of the keys. I haven't seen this on any other tutorials do you know what this is?

[@maartenambaum1715]

Used this video to repair a broken key on a CLP-115 - perfect. (Sticky keys are apparently usually due to a broken hinge point - I just used superglue to put the hinge point together again)

[@LookinAround2]

Great video for getting keys out and replacing them. Thank you! Did you ever say how to clean them?

[@agrotte]

Thanks for shhowing the details....very clear explanation.... By the way, on my Clavinova CVP 409, it was very noisy when playing, such as "tap, tap, tap..." at each black or white keys hit. The technician just fix the white part on top (visible at 2:22 on your video) with some small cable tight all along. Apparently, it is amortiser of the metal who hit it.....it's okay, but still a bit noisy. So I wish to replace it... Could you tell me where to find/buy such soft material? Thanks

[@dookoonu2741]

This is such a really great tutorial. Thank you so much! from where do you order the keys?

[@elizabethschuldt5310]

Excellent video. Working on my piano this afternoon! Thank you 🎹

[@dsbarf]

You just saved my CLP-170, thank you!

[@totallyfrozen]

Thanks. Do you have a video of removing/replacing the power switch?

[@mybiggrin]

What lube did you end up using for your replacements?

[@abadbrain]

This is extraordinarily helpful. Thankyou.

[@tenfour7479]

Thanks. This was really helpful for fixing my p255. I was hesitant at first about the knife but it worked well.

[@amercangirl451011]

Where did you order replacement key from?

[@lundkist]

Yes please! I tried to find it in the comments, but couldn't see it... Will someone please share where/how they purchased replacement keys? Thank you!

[@gregoire8376]

I just did this. The part came from "synth-part" a German company. The part was about €7 and the shipping was €10 roughly the same. Be sure you look first and order the exact key you need.

[@AdamCieslikOfficial]

ebay

[@Mi-rinconcito]

Thanks for your video. I got a used Williams piano, and I need to clean the keys, but I don't know how to remove them, it is different than the Yamaha Keys :S.

[@sylviecozic9337]

Thanks you so much!👍👍👍 On my old CVP-201 I could exchange 3 mains keys (in the middle of the keyboard) with less used ones from the same keyboard. I just had some extra screws to remove due to floppy disk reader 😉. Thanks again!

[@Mroziwanman]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It was very helpful!

[@konikacariapa3289]

Hi- thank you for this very helpful video. What does one do if the black plastic base part on which all the keys are screwed onto has cracked and chipped off? Can this be mended or does that mean the whole keyboard needs to be replaced. THX

[@jennifertrecartin2869]

I recently had this happen so I'm wondering too!

[@gregglister8074]

Nicely demonstrated - thank you!

[@michaeldwilson1471]

Do you think it would be possible to install better speakers to get a better sound on this instrument?

[@aleandre1974]

Thank you very much for this wonderful guide ! Just cleaned my keys ! I am a bit confused by some comments talking about the PCB, as I didn't dare going that far. Would it be perhaps possible to get more information about this ? I fear my kids used their eraser a bit too much when trying to compose some scores...

[@CharlesEffiongOtokCViolin]

Thanks a lot for the great video! Please where can I get to order the white and black keys and plastic hammers for Yamaha clp 930?

[@lizardchat]

Great tutorial on how to remove keys. No information how cleaning and possible regressing the keys before putting them back. Any information for that?

[@Killytilly]

Thank you so much for this. My kids dropped a penny and a sticker sheet into my keys.

[@marcosgoncalves3550]

Hi, this vídeo is amazing, i need Help, my piano clavinova CLP 930 is making só much noise when we play, is there anything we can put to reduce noisy? Thanks

[@hanvroman]

Thank you sir for your video it help me fix my clavinova 910..

[@javierportela8348]

Ok, thanks for the video, but could you tell me where to buy replacement keys? I can't find it

[@mrlush79]

I wish I'd found your video before I opened up my piano! I have a yamaha clp-585, it's 10 years old and getting a little clunky so I bought new felts and replaced them. Whilst doing that, I flipped the keyboard and some of the keys came out. Eventually I figured out that they hook in front and back and got them all back in. The only problem now is that the black keys don't seem to sit as tightly as they did before, and so they wobble and make more noise than they did before! Any ideas what I've done wrong?

[@kimheo6799]

I have CVP-50 and it was working fine. But after I moved to a new location and cleaned outside of it. The power is on and volume on high, but no sound at all. Would you please give me a tip as to why? I really appreciate your pro tips. Thanks again!!

[@Rong-j9v]

Very helpful. Thank you so much

[@umojabhe]

I’ve replaced 4 keys and the piano works but the new keys take less pressure than the other keys to play. I’d say not as weighted. Any ideas?

[@tungtrinh-ngoc2348]

can you advise where to order the new key parts?

[@cziffra1980]

I've got two keys where the little black rubber tab on the underside has disappeared. They're probably in the mechanism somewhere, but I don't fancy trying to fish them out. I also have two black keys missing the grey plastic piece that stops sideways motion. Any ideas for how I can get those parts, or come up with a substitute? I tried some blu tack on the underside and it's better than a gap, but it gets squished very quickly. It's quite annoying, as I opened it up to fix some keys that hit maximum loudness and thought I might as well do some cleaning under the keys, in addition to cleaning the rubber contacts. These work great now and I've figured out how to replace all the keys properly (including those where the spring had to be popped back in) but I've just got those 2 severely dysfunctional keys and 2 wobbly ones, that I'd ideally like to resolve before getting all of the screws back in place.

[@marcotuliomontalvoficial]

Good day, do you know where I can get the rubbers for the keys of this piano? or how can they be restored? I'm really afraid of uncovering it... I've noticed that the keys also have h-shaped rubber bands like chairs, how could that be repaired? I have a casio celviano ap-45 that resembles it

[@profeluisegarcia]

Muchas GRACIAS, desde Colombia

[@ChristianVestergaardWennerlin]

Thank you very much for the great and easy to follow video! It helped me fix a few sticky keys in an old Clavinova 😄

[@Johhsa]

Hello Christian I just tried it and now I cant put back the replacement keys ive been doing it for 2 hours now but I cant put them back in im so stressed please help me ):

[@travisallisonband]

How do you remove the hammer under a key (to remove a guitar pick underneath?) thanks!

[@sergioguz900]

Thank you great video, now i know how to do it and guess what is not hard at all

[@nedshead5906]

Thanks mate good instruction. my wife has a Yamaha Clavinova CLP-50 with a broken headphone jack, it's pushed back inside the piano chassis, do you know if I can access it without a major tare down? Regards.

[@joelperez8062]

Thank you it’s been a very good help

[@junior6351]

hello, the set of keys, ruler and rubbers of the clp 156 s is compatible for the clp 840?

[@roythompson1446]

Thanks so much. This was quite helpful.

[@thecrax7733]

thank you for this video. instruction helped me very much...

[@andalmeida86]

Thanks for the explanation

[@sergiomorenoudi]

Hey, my name is Sérgio. I speak of Brazil. Congratulations on the video. I have a clavinova CLP 810s that has a broken keyboard base. I don't find spare parts in Brazil. Would you recommend me somewhere to buy the entire base? Thanks.

[@anikora808]

Thank you so much for this video!!!

[@rickson1978]

Hi, I have one key that feels heavier than others. I’ve tried cleaning it and it still feels the same. Do you think I should replace the key? Could it be the spring?

[@1yasin6]

I don't think its the key if its still in place.Or isn't it correctly in place an the key is heavy because it rubs against the sides? because the heaviness is determined by the spring so this is most likely the issue. Maybe it would work if you bent it a little bit but maybe if won't work / work for long. Replacing it should do the trick.

[@kalinabongiovanni]

Hey did you find a solution to this problem? I have the same issue with the new keys I just put in.

[@yasarokten]

@@1yasin6 Yasin kardeş bir soruna çozüm ararken sizin yorumunuzu gördüm, Yamaha Clavinova CLP170 de bir key zaman zaman çok hafif ağırlaşiyor. Açıp baktim kırık yok ,yaydan bahsettiniz onu mu değiştirsem acaba rubber yok göremedim, tavsiyeniz? Teşekkürler,müzikle kalın.

[@jakewllliams]

How do you tune it?

[@consultoronline4356]

Hi I am having problems with 100% loud notes with P-515, then opened it and found that NWX is just GH3 with woden keys and trick cheat rubber of-circuit to make escapement fell (it is marked as GH3 inside contact board, with NWX "added" to it). Can you post where you get those extra keys and if that store sell some contact rubber will help too.

[@ChrisTobinSingerGuitarist]

Many thanks, that saved me a lot of experimenting!

[@Trombonauta]

Thanks for the video! I will prefer to use a plastic card instead of a metallic (conductive and scratchy) kinfe for the release!

[@暗示夢故事]

5:58 key point starting

[@mathieuboudaud9]

Thank you very much! You helped myself to fix my keyboard today :-)

[@thomasojii31]

Mine is the CLP-511. When ordering replacement keys, do I have to include 511 or any CLP keys compatible?

[@palewine]

very informative, thanks

[@stevesynan3241]

Great tutorial! Question though, where do you order new keys from? Thanks again!

[@logotrikes]

Ebay has plenty of outlets for these keys...

[@philippegingras]

Excellent video!

[@nicolasbarbin5815]

Thanks a lot, it will save me a lot of time!

[@anguswade4893]

Great video - so simple. Thanks

[@marcelovargas5079]

Me ajudou muito aqui na manutenção do meu piano elétrico. Muito obrigado.

[@arthurhugh1414]

Where did you order those replacement keys? Thanks.

[@HowToWithGEO]

You can commonly find them on e-bay. Other than that, I would just google search for them.