[sdiy] Hammond on ebay, broken

[Thomas Hudson]

While on the subject of old broken organs, does anyone know which old  
Lowery organs had the features of the Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1?  
You know, the one Townsend used on "Baba O'Riley?"

Tomy

On Nov 16, 2007, at 8:33 PM, Travis Shire wrote:

>
> A 50/50 mix of naptha (lighter fluid) and *real* Hammond oil works,  
> but not
> instantly. 2 or 3 days maybe. You might try a dose of pure naptha  
> first just
> to speed up the process. The naptha de gums the oil threads and  
> allows oil
> to be wicked through them again. And....don't use anything but  
> authentic
> Hammond oil....its the only stuff that works.
>
>
>> Are you sure Roy? There are multiple postings on the Hammond Wiki
>> about the lighter fluid/WD40 thing with testimonies that it's a
>> working solution.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Nov 16, 2007 10:13 PM, Roy J. Tellason <rtellason at verizon.net>  
>> wrote:
>>> On Friday 16 November 2007 21:23, you wrote:
>>>> Thank you for the tip. I read elsewhere that mixing lighter  
>>>> fluid into
>>>> the oil will clear out the capillaries in short order. I was  
>>>> thinking
>>>> of trying it with WD40 since it is pretty much the same thing as
>>>> lighter fluid.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>
>>> I never heard that one about the lighter fluid.  They're not at  
>>> all the
> same
>>> thing,  though -- WD40 is essentially the same thing as kerosene and
>>> some "petroleum distillates",  which is what remains behind -- not a
>>> lubricant at all,  but designed to get water out of some places (WD
> standing
>>> for Water Displacement).  I wouldn't recomment the stuff for  
>>> anywhere
> near
>>> there, and doubt that you need the lighter fluid either.
>>>
>>>> On Nov 16, 2007 9:09 PM, Roy J. Tellason <rtellason at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>>>>> On Friday 16 November 2007 20:10, mike ruberto wrote:
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did a service call one time on a unit that was like that --  
>>>>> you'd
> turn
>>>>> it on and the generator wouldn't spin up at all.  It'd been  
>>>>> sitting
> for a
>>>>> really long period of time,  I think something like seven years?
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyhow,  what happenes there is that the old oil has lighter
> fractions
>>>>> that evaporate,  while the heavier stuff stays behind.
>>>>>
>>>>> What I ended up doing was adding some fresh oil,  and then turning
> it
>>>>> over by hand,  over a period of time,  until it would start  
>>>>> when the
>>>>> switch was turned on.  Then I told the customer to leave it on and
> run
>>>>> for a while, which allowed the new oil to get to where it  
>>>>> needed to
> be...
>>>>>
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