For building my polyphonic scanning keyboard I salvaged an old original Elektor Formant 3 octave keyboard. It has 49 keys with Kimber Allen gold wire contacts. The contacts were glued underneath the keys on the metall with some insulation between. Everything needs to be removed. The electronic and the mechanics.

Original Elektor Formant Keyboard

Detail: Original Elektor Formant Keyboard

Detail: Original Elektor Formant Keyboard, Contacts

Detail: Original Elektor Formant

The hard thing was to remove the old glue. It was only possible to do it mechanically with a chisel and a heat gun. And patience.

Elektor Formant keyboard . Removing old glue

Elektor Formant keyboard . Almost done.

The backside of the raw keyboard is now ready for the new holder.

Keyboard Backside cleaned from glue.

The contacts must still be freed from the glue.

Kimber Allen Gold Wire Contacts