Re: Tonewheel Generator - BEARINGS
Although I've come across several instances of noisy, and even seized bearings, these have all responded to lubrication. Often the best way to get oil where it's needed without waiting for it to make
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Chris Clifton
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#83115
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Tonewheel Generator - BEARINGS
Hello Community I haven't heard much about "bearing problems" in any of the discussions. A few messages about Hammond lube (which I have lots of), but nothing about "failed bearings". Considering
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Wayne Tarling
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#83114
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Re: Tuning a B3?????
any hammond friends in the kc area / please contact me i may have a few items on interest. gil [email protected]> wrote:
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Gilbert Snedden
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#83113
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
Christoph, no, it's the 8th (grey) drawbar, according to the installation manual. The 9th drawbar keeps untouched. I added one more wire that I soldered to this DB and runs into the unit. The SPDT
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Uwe Menrath
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
Uwe, you mean, 9th Drawbar when switched ?on¡°? I don¡®t quite get it. :) ¡ª Christoph
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Christoph
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#83111
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
Forgot to mention that I also installed the Trek II unit to my C-2 instead of doing the maximum sugery. Sounds fine! In addition, I added a switch to the unit that allows me to turn on percussion
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Uwe Menrath
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
Oh, thanks for the correction!
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Scott Hawthorn
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#83109
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
The percussion from the Trek II only gets vibrato applied in V series organs. In the 2 series the perc signal goes in post-scanner at the terminal the output of the scanner feeds into, essentially the
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b3nut
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#83108
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
Mark, I had a C2 with smooth drawbars and Trek percussion and it was one of the best sounding Hammonds I¡¯ve ever played.. I know of other payers who have, or have played, C2¡¯s who would agree.. I
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ccmacdon
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
Thanks for mentioning that, I have a trek 2. I¡¯ve never hooked it up, but I need to set that up I¡¯d love to be able to adjust Percussion decay on the fly. My favorite sound is the percussion
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Greg Bieck
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
I just remembered to add: On the Trek II, you can make the decay as slow as you want. But there are other trick that have been on records by Don Patterson, Jack McDuff and Jimmy Smith, and others, to
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Scott Hawthorn
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
Have you considered buying a a-100? I love mind¡ they¡¯re not super expensive
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Greg Bieck
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#83104
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
It is almost exactly the same, because the percussion sound comes from the same source as the Hammond percussion: the actual tone generator tones. The reason that people say it sounds different is
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Scott Hawthorn
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#83103
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
I am considering just doing a " quicky" preamp conversion.....I would just add the percussion switches and probably set them on top of the organ. Someone mentioned that the TrekII sound is not the
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mrk7421
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
Hi there, yes, there is a easy to install solution: the TrekII TP-2B Percussion unit. Fast and quite easy to install. Not the same sound as the original thing, but quite good. Advantages: * adjustable
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Gerhard W.H. Schmidt
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
Am I imagining things? I'm sure I've seen after market percussion kits that can be added to C-2 organs without major surgery. --
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Chris Clifton
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Re: Adding PERCUSSION to 1954 C-2
Hi Mark, I've got a 1950 C-2, too, and I love it, due to it's beautiful quatrefoil style cabinet. Didn't know there were non ratcheting C-2's, though. Of course it is possible to install an AO-28
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Uwe Menrath
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Re: Leslie 147 Relay
Depending which country you live in, you will either need a standard 115v coil relay or 230v coil relay, with contacts rated for the purpose of running the motors in that type of Leslie. If you are
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Geoff
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#83098
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Leslie 147 Relay
Sirs, A gentleman came to me needing to have a 147 amp repaired as it is making a huge pop when switching speeds. I will begin by replacing the two blocking caps wired to the motor outlets on the
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john alluneedtoknow
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Re: Tuning a B3?????
I like tonewheel general hospital -- Rich Reid 208-861-9263
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Rich Reid
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