[sdiy] Improvement to a Viscount cathedral organ

[Ken Stone]

>1. The lamp in the swell pedal doesn't light up. There
>are 16v going into it. Are these bulbs easy to find ?

Probably just a standard miniature bayonet lamp.

>2. The low C# bass pedal doesn't play the '8 Gedeckt
>and '8 Regal registers. The two '16 registers play
>fine. Anything to do with bad dividers ? All other '8
>registers (lower and upper manual) and '8 bass notes
>play fine. 

If the 16' is working, I'd say the divider is okay. It would be the
contacts, or the switching circuitry that is not so healthy.

>3. The speakers distorts when playing the bass pedals.
>Should I try better ones ?

That would be the only solution. Perhaps even going to externally mounted
speakers.

>4. Reverb units is built on this organ in a way that
>it's held in space instead of being mounted to the
>wood. Could I improve the Reverb sound just by
>relocating it and mounting to one of the organ panels

Leave it hanging. The less external vibration it gets, the better. It sounds
like it is already optimal.

Ken
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