[sdiy] Hammond on ebay, broken

[mike ruberto]

This would depend on whether it is mechanically or electronically
broken. The electronics in these things is very simple. Nothing
mind-bending if you now a little transistor basics.

But if you got failures in the mechanical areas then prepare for some
hardcore cuckoo clock work.
I had to take apart the vibrato scanner on mine and it wasn't fun....
Now my tone generator is starting to seize up. I suspect the oil
capillaries have gotten gummed up. I have been putting this off for
some time because it is a filthy oily mess in there.

Mike

On Nov 16, 2007 8:01 PM, Alexander S. Chayka <achayka at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I dont much about them, but it seemed like an easy fix (dont ask why). I
> really dig the B3 sound, especially what Uriah Heep did with it, so yeah.
>
> -A
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mike ruberto" <somnium7 at gmail.com>
> To: "Alexander S. Chayka" <achayka at sbcglobal.net>; "SDIY"
> <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 6:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Hammond on ebay, broken
>
>
> > This looks very much like my 524C spinet. I'm pretty sure it is one of
> > the 500 series. They sound terrible - old church-lady sound. The
> > leslie isn't real. It's the rotating foam drum kind on a separate 10"
> > speaker. It doesn't sound bad though.
> > I followed all the mod instructions from this site
> > http://www.keyboardpartner.de/hammond/t-modifications.htm
> > for my 524 and now it's really nice. It actually sounds like a real M
> > series Hammond with the mods. They aren't hard to do either as long as
> > you tag each and every wire along the way.
> >
> > M. A. Ruberto
> >
> > On Nov 16, 2007 6:39 PM, Alexander S. Chayka <achayka at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> > > Just a heads up,
> > >
> > >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Hammond-Organ-broken-Leslie_W0QQitemZ200173675095QQihZ010QQcategoryZ64429QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> > >
> > > -A
> > >
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