[sdiy] What do I do with this thing?

Joe Ramstrom joe at centralizeit.com
Thu Jun 27 17:02:26 CEST 2002


Hello all,
     I've been lurking for awhile and am now facing a question for which
I need the list's expertise.   I found a Moog at a second hand music
shop.  It is marked as a CDX-0-652.  Check out some pics of it at
www.joeramstrom.com <http://www.joeramstrom.com>  Sorry it is my home
connection and I pulled the pics right of the camera so please be
patient.  The story I got from the sales guy is that this organ sat in a
garage for several years.  Also a family of mice moved in for some of
that time.  They chewed on many of the wires, some of the caps, and
defecated generally everywhere.  I've gotten most of the foul stuff out
but the physical damage remains.  I have NEVER plugged this in.  I am
sure that I would only do damage considering the state it is in.  
    I am a Beg-Med talent electronics hobbyist.  I can follow schematics
and build things that work but I would be greatly challenged to design
new circuits and have a clue about what I was actually creating.       
    So the question is what should I do?  Restore it and use it as the
single instrument it was meant to be?  How hard would that be to find
replacements on these chips if they are bad?  Or do I part it out into
modules in a modular?  Again how would I make each of it's pieces into
modules?  Or is it all a big headache that I should just pass on?  I am
not currently planning on selling the organ, I would like to do
something with it.
 
Thank you all,
Joe Ramstrom



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