Hammond S-6 Organ

[Mark Grocholski]

Bill,

Thanks for saving my organ!

Bill Layer wrote:
>What type are they? 6V6GT? The 6V6 is famous for being intolerant of
> excessive plate voltage.

Yes they are 6V6.


> If you want to improve bass response, I can make some suggestions.

I never noticed any lack of bass response, I just wanted to try it and
see(hear).

> The S-6 is a chord organ, with a an abbreviated monophonic solo keyboard.
> It's interesting point (or so I've heard) is the bass feature. Have you got
> that strange 2-pedal setup? Does it work?

Yes and Yes: one pedal plays the tonic of the current chord (button),
the other plays the fifth.

Actually, the keys are used for two sections:

1. the monophnic Solo section preferring the highest key pressed. this
section does not currently work on mine. I'm trying to get a service
manual for it.

2. And the "Organ" section which has one OSC for each group of 2 or 3
keys preferring the lowest one.

> I think that this organ has a lot of useful parts in it. Firstly, it's got
> about 28 6SN7GTs in it, which is a giant among audio tubes. Also, it
> produces it's tones with a long series of fixed L-C oscillators. I think
> that these tone generators would make a very cool base for a polyphonic
> all-tube synth.

It doesn't have any 6SN7GTs. Maybe another of the S series is what you
are thinking of?

Has:
18 12AU7
3  12BH7
2  6BA6
2  12AX7
2  6V6
1  6C4
1  5U4
1  6BJ7

> It's not valuable as hammonds go, but then again, what would it cost to
> replace it? The thing was *not* cheap when it was new. If it were mine to
> do, I'd think about modifying the heck out of it.

I understand some people have trouble giving them away. Maybe I can get
another one and mod one of them. I wouldn't know what to do or how to do
it. Any Ideas?
 
> Let me know if you need parts, I've a bunch in the attic.

What do ya got? Did you have an S-6?

Thanks

Mark

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