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I'm in the market for a Nord Stage 2 88HA.. and found this ad on second hand one. However - it's not written HA Hammeraction on the keyboard. The seller is not quite sure either if the keybed is the same as on the HA. He says it's one of the first Stage 2's to appear. It's not consistent with any of the models on the Clavia Nord site either.

Can anybody shed a light on this issue? Did Clavia make Stage 2 88, before adding the HA inscriptions? Are the keybeds the same?

Here's a picture of the instrument for sale:

From everything I've seen, every Stage 2 76 and 88 ever made has the same action... but it is not identical to the 76/88 key actions in the original Stage and EX.

HA stands for hammer action. You would ever see Nord Stage 2 76 or 88 anything else but hammer action. There were two h/w versions: rev A and rev B. They slightly differ. You should see what rev you have on the screen during the booting process. Rev A is missing some buttons. Check this topic http://www.norduserforum.com/nord-stage ... -t647.html

If you want to be 100% sure drop an email to "Tomas Johansson" <support@clavia.se>

Hi
The unit in that picture is a Stage 2 hardware revision A. It does not have the Hold button next to the Arpeggio in the Synth section. The keybed in this unit is the same as in the Stage 2 HA88 (as the hardware revision B is called).

Anybody think the pitch bender looks bent?

Yes. It looks buggered.

Indeed, looks like someone applied some 'hammer action' to that pitch bender. Har har.

Anyway, the pitch bender can be replaced, but keep in mind it might easily cost you 100-150 euro ($150-200?).

This is what a pitch bender should look like. Notice the pitch bender sticks out of the board nice and straight. The openings next to it should be roughly the same size on each side.

I find this topic not very clear.

The classic and probably the ES Stages 76 and 88 DO have hammer action.

I understand correctly what you are saying? that the NS 2 don't have hammer action?

I don't believe it...

Ramon

Under the logo nord stage 2 above the last keys, there is "hammer action ha76" written. Do you have that ? I have a Rev B 1.4 uped to 1.7.