[sdiy] Improvement to a Viscount cathedral organ

[Gil W.]

Hi, thanks for the comment.

The '8 problem was indeed a contact problem. An hour
of playing seemed to settle all pedal contact
problems.

Geee. I find that this particular organ can do real
60s psychedelic stuff much better than church sounds.
Really Hammondish ! Nice spera sound effect and
percussion tremolo. 

I also found that there's in and out for external
units, so I can loop in effects !! I think I'll set it
up with a nice digital multi, for reverbs, eq, tremolo
and chorus/leslie effects.

What about the constant bzzzzz that I hear ? Can this
be solved by replacing the power supply filter caps ?
One thing for sure - need to replace the 2 prong with
with a 3 prong outlet plug.


--- Ken Stone <sasami at hotkey.net.au> wrote:

> 
> >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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