[sdiy] OT: Hammond Organ

[Michael Ruberto]

Peter,

Do you need your copy of the manual or can you part with it?
oh, and exactly how "massive" is it?
thanks!

M. A. Ruberto

>From: "Peter Forrest" <pforrest at vemia.co.uk>
>To: "James Coplin" <moog at qwest.net>,"'Michael Ruberto'" 
><frankentron at hotmail.com>,<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] OT: Hammond Organ
>Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 22:49:27 +0100
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>I think by the time of the T series thay had managed to change this system 
>to a straightforward one, James!
>I think I have the service manual, but a.) it is MASSIVE and b.) I'm in the 
>UK.
>Peter
>----- Original Message ----- From: "James Coplin" <moog at qwest.net>
>To: "'Michael Ruberto'" <frankentron at hotmail.com>; 
><synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 10:37 PM
>Subject: RE: [sdiy] OT: Hammond Organ
>
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>>Not to sound patronizing, but do you know how to turn a Hammond on? 
>>Forgive
>>me if you do but it sounds like it is not fired up correctly.  You need to
>>hold the start switch up (usually on the left) until it gets going good
>>(5-10 seconds) and then flip the run switch (usually on the right) and let
>>go of the start switch.  If you don't do this, nothing will work right.
>>Good luck!
>>
>>James
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:owner-synth-
>>>diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Michael Ruberto
>>>Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 4:12 PM
>>>To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>>>Subject: [sdiy] OT: Hammond Organ
>>>
>>>I finally found some time to poke around inside my new T-524C spinet.
>>>Suprisingly, the guts all seem in good shape and remarkably clean - no
>>>dust
>>>at all! 1st time I powered it up there was grinding sounds inside, a
>>>constant loud hum from speakers, bottom manual dead, and the rythm unit
>>>could be heard faintly when the volume was alll the way down. I don't 
>>>know
>>>the 1st thing about troubleshooting this monster. however, I've found 
>>>that
>>>it likes air conditioning. after running the AC for awhile the lower
>>>manual
>>>started working, the grinding stopped, and the rythm unit finally shut 
>>>up.
>>>the hum is still there and it seems to be coming from the bottom manual.
>>>Turning on Vibrato for the bottom manual affects the hum so I'm thinking
>>>it's a stuck note.
>>>
>>>I really need information before I try fixing this any further. someone
>>>already thoughtfully provided me with schematics but I'm still looking 
>>>for
>>>a
>>>source for the service manual, parts, and modifications. I very much
>>>appreciate any help here.
>>>
>>>M.A. Ruberto
>>>
>>>
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