[sdiy] any thoughts on what this part may be?

[Tim Ressel]

I'm going to guess tuning fork of some kind.  If you tear apart the 
failed one please post some pics!

--TimR

On 3/15/2016 9:34 AM, Travis Thatcher wrote:
> Helping a good buddy with a really weird, rare old Allen Organ
> electronic harpsichord. We actually got some schematics and docs from
> Allen Organ who were intrigued by the weird aftermarket preset
> controls that someone had built into the thing. Its basically all
> working except for the 4' strings voice and we've narrowed it down to
> the following part:
>
> http://recompas.com/hpschd.jpg
>
> Only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue what it is. I'm
> guessing some sort of capacitor charging solenoid? The working ones do
> not make any mechanical sound and when we swapped this one with a
> known working one things operate as expected. I'm stumped!
>
>
>

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--Tim Ressel
Circuit Abbey
timr at circuitabbey.com