The Mellotron Group

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?
 
  -Bruce D.
 
 

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 From: Sean Lowrie <fourtytwominds@yahoo.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 2:03 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT-new addition [1 Attachment]
  
 
   
 
 
[Attachment(s) from Sean Lowrie included below]  
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.

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.

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.)

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 (-)

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Gary Brumm <gabru@...> wrote:
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> Hi Sean,
> 
> What is a "Leslie branded" organ?
> 
> Gary
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sean
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:19 PM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT-new addition
> 
> 
> 
> Jealous of all the lucky new owners, as usual. A couple months ago I could have picked up a Leslie branded organ with 122 unit, but was flat broke. :( Would love to pick up a Hammond or better yet, a Mellotron. I don't think there are any left undiscovered in California, certainly not the Central Valley, but I keep scouring anyway.
> 
> In other news I've nearly re-capped the power supply on my Conn spinet. I'm pretty sure I wired two
 electrolytics backward and am trying to figure that out before I plug it in. Waiting on a few more caps to ship to me, then it lives!
> 
> -Sean
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