Collaborating what Gary said, the folks on the Organ Forum have pointed out that the caps in question were not polar, and won't work with polar caps.
They also pointed out that the circuit I drew makes no sense. I agree, but don't know much. I double checked the schematic and it is correct, and the circuit is as I found it upon purchasing the organ, and it did run. I have no clue how it works, just that it does.
-Sean
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Daily <pocotron@...> wrote:
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> Hi Sean-
>  Just a comment. Maybe the schematic is missing a connection line or something, but it seems incomplete, even as a partial circuit. I find it hard to interpret. If it is somehow biasing the transistor, it is a mighty complicated way to do it, but the polarity of the cap should be right. Any other thoughts on this, anybody?
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> I have no idea. I hear that the Leslie corp never made an organ, but I have seen a few with the Leslie name as the brand on the organ. Something about they'd contract out to some other organ maker for a batch and put their badge on them.
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> On the capacitor stuff, the caps in question, I'm not sure if they were electrolytic (so I don't know if the white band was marking polarity or which end had the foil), but the replacements sure are.
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> http://valvenektar.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSCN0892.jpg
> Is more or less what the originals looked like, only with a white stripe on one end. (I assumed that was the negative side and replaced accordingly.)
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> Here's the schematic I drew of what I currently have. The red circled cap is the one in question. There are two of these circuits, and I'm assuming without really knowing that there's one on each
> leg, (+) and (-)
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