Much is involved in opening the manual to fix the fault on 16' A3
note. Very likely, this is a foam related problem and the resistor
wire to this contact will have been corroded away by the acid
produced by the decomposing foam. Other resistor wires in both
manuals are likely to be also affected, although not yet corroded
through.
Low volume when switching vibrato on/off is likely to be related
to the circuitry around one of the 6AU6 valves on the pre-amp. One
of these valves is the first stage pre-amp for the vibrato
channel, the other the non-vibrato channel. Open circuit, or at
least much higher than nominal value anode and screen grid
resistors are a common cause of low volume on one or the other (or
both!) of these pre-amp channels.
On 28/01/2019 07:59, Rick Whatson
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I have been asked to service a Hammond C-3. s/n
94767. It is connected to a Leslie 815.
A new player of this church organ had made a
long detailed list (2x foolscap pages) of "problems".? 99% of
what was written were quirks of these types of Hammonds that
modern keyboard makers try hard to emulate.
There were a couple of real problems.
1/ bottom C pedal not playing properly (fixed,
was lever bent not pressing far enough)
2/ A3 note on upper manual not playing with
either drawbar set A and B.
3/ no vibrato function for upper or lower
keyboard. When switching vibrato on the volume drops
significantly and sounds distorted if swell raised to try to
hear it.
How mush is involved in opening up to fix the A3
16' key contact?
Is it possible that someone has disconnected the
vibrato?
What should I be looking for??
Is this serial number likely to have foam?
Anything else I should be looking for??
It was quite clean. I cleaned it more and oiled
it.
Thank you?
Rick Whatson.?
On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 11:41 pm b3nut < b3nut@...
wrote:
Call Juke Fox at Rocky Mountain
Organs...888-816-2432 He should know someone.
TP
Folks,
My A-100 has become essentially unplayable due
to generator bleed and crosstalk. She is long
overdue for a recap. Main output has ceased also
(Leslie hookup still works) and bottom preset keys
won't hold.
The local repair place I had planned to take
her to has lost their Hammond Tech with no
replacement in sight.
Can anyone suggest a Hammond Tech in Denver
Metro? This is really too lovely an organ to trust
to me doing the work.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Regards,
Paul
Denver, CO
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I have been asked to service a Hammond C-3. s/n 94767. It is connected to a Leslie 815.
A new player of this church organ had made a long detailed list (2x foolscap pages) of "problems".? 99% of what was written were quirks of these types of Hammonds that modern keyboard makers try hard to emulate.
There were a couple of real problems. 1/ bottom C pedal not playing properly (fixed, was lever bent not pressing far enough) 2/ A3 note on upper manual not playing with either drawbar set A and B. 3/ no vibrato function for upper or lower keyboard. When switching vibrato on the volume drops significantly and sounds distorted if swell raised to try to hear it.
How mush is involved in opening up to fix the A3 16' key contact?
Is it possible that someone has disconnected the vibrato? What should I be looking for?? Is this serial number likely to have foam? Anything else I should be looking for??
It was quite clean. I cleaned it more and oiled it.
Thank you? Rick Whatson.?
On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 11:41 pm b3nut < b3nut@... wrote: Call Juke Fox at Rocky Mountain Organs...888-816-2432 He should know someone.
TP Folks,
My A-100 has become essentially unplayable due to generator bleed and crosstalk. She is long overdue for a recap. Main output has ceased also (Leslie hookup still works) and bottom preset keys won't hold.
The local repair place I had planned to take her to has lost their Hammond Tech with no replacement in sight.
Can anyone suggest a Hammond Tech in Denver Metro? This is really too lovely an organ to trust to me doing the work.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Regards, Paul Denver, CO
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Re: Hammond Tech in Denver?
Call Juke Fox at Rocky Mountain Organs...888-816-2432 He should know someone.
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On Jan 8, 2019, at 4:41 PM, Paul McLean < keysndrums@...> wrote: Folks,
My A-100 has become essentially unplayable due to generator bleed and crosstalk. She is long overdue for a recap. Main output has ceased also (Leslie hookup still works) and bottom preset keys won't hold.
The local repair place I had planned to take her to has lost their Hammond Tech with no replacement in sight.
Can anyone suggest a Hammond Tech in Denver Metro? This is really too lovely an organ to trust to me doing the work.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Regards, Paul Denver, CO
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Folks,
My A-100 has become essentially unplayable due to generator bleed and crosstalk. She is long overdue for a recap. Main output has ceased also (Leslie hookup still works) and bottom preset keys won't hold.
The local repair place I had planned to take her to has lost their Hammond Tech with no replacement in sight.
Can anyone suggest a Hammond Tech in Denver Metro? This is really too lovely an organ to trust to me doing the work.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Regards, Paul Denver, CO
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Re: fitting leslie to Hammond C2
To expand on Wes' reply, either of the G outputs can be used for the rotary audio signal input to the Leslie. I believe I put a spade lug on my ground wire and put it in between one of the amp chassis mounting screws and the chassis itself. A star washer would help make sure you have good ground continuity since the chassis is painted.
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Re: 1960 B3/C3 Chop - New Look
First of all, COOL! Looks like a nice chop job. Second, I would highly recommend either plain old black paint, or some sort of Rhino liner type material instead of carpet. Maybe even some sort of vinyl or tolex like what was used on the Rhodes piano. Looks much more professional, easier to keep clean.
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Re: What Leslie Goes with a Hammond R-100 Series Organ?
R100s dont have a vibrato scanner/delay line as the internal rotosonic leslie was deemed (probably by Hammond accounts dept!) to take care of animation. It's got to be the ugliest tonewheel organ Hammond ever produced imo.They do have an interesting bass section- the lowest tg tones are amplified & clipped into square waves by transistor circuits, allowing them to be divided, gated & tone-shaped with sustain. T
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Re: What Leslie Goes with a Hammond R-100 Series Organ?
Half moons is good. R100 has an internal Leslie and IIRC was set up for a 710 from the factory. Good chance two of the half moons are Connected to a 26-1 kit and Leslie 147.
Worth checking out for sure. R100 is a good organ.
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On Jan 1, 2019, at 13:00, Scott Hawthorn < organfreak@...> wrote:
Oh! On re-reading, I see that it already comes with a Leslie. We
could assume that the R-100 is already wired for it. I would be
insisting that you compel the seller to read the model badge on
the Leslie, or, failing that, the model badge right on the amp.
Three half-moons shouldn't denote anything solid-state.
On 1/1/2019 9:48 AM, Scott Hawthorn
wrote:
Practically any Leslie would work, but it would be critical to
know which TYPE, or CLASS of Leslie this organ is already wired
for. Are you positive that you can't get the seller to take a
good picture of the insides?
On 1/1/2019 9:03 AM, rhodesworks
wrote:
I've been offered a Hammond R-100 console with a Leslie.
Unfortunately the owner passed away and his son is the person
selling it and is trying to do it from a number of states away
from the organs location. The organ is currently in storage. The
only pic available is the front of the organ and shows 3 half
moons. The instrument is 2 hours away from me. I hate to make
the drive if it's a complete waste of time, so I'm looking for a
clue as to what Leslie models would generally be used with this
series organ. The three switches lead me to assume it will be a
solid state, but have no clue about anything else. I haven't
been able to find much info online.
Thanks for any help!
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Re: What Leslie Goes with a Hammond R-100 Series Organ?
Sadly, it may well be that this guy will finish up paying someone
to cart the organ and Leslie away. The R-100, although a tonewheel
organ, is not particularly desirable, and the 610 Leslie is even
less likely to sell!
On 02/01/2019 16:19, rhodesworks wrote:
Scott and Chris,
I appreciate the information. With what you've told me I'm
probably not going to make a special trip, but will just keep the
info in case I get close to it in the future.?
Thanks!
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Re: What Leslie Goes with a Hammond R-100 Series Organ?
Scott and Chris,
I appreciate the information. With what you've told me I'm probably not going to make a special trip, but will just keep the info in case I get close to it in the future.?
Thanks!
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Re: What Leslie Goes with a Hammond R-100 Series Organ?
Probability is, with three half moons, and connected to an R-100
it will be a 610 Leslie. From Captain foldback, "Dual roto-sonic
drum speaker. Was paired with the model R-100 Hammond organ for a
more theatre organ-like sound. May also be used with the older
H-100 organ. Leslie model 205 is similar but has a different
cabinet.". The two roto-sonic drums are controlled independently,
hence the three half-moons, Echo, and two drum controls.
The 610 Leslie is practically useless with any Hammond organ
other than the R-100, although I have seen a 610 connected to an
all transistor, non-tonewheel N-series organ. It's also quite
unlikely that any of the popular Leslies suitable for use with
most tonewheel Hammonds would have been connected to an R-100, the
signal routing in the R-100 makes a two channel Leslie with
separate stationary and rotary channels a must. The three switches
rule out most of the common Leslie models as well. The only Leslie
series suitable for use with most organs that used three
half-moons would be the 910 and similar, where the third switch
was used to control a reverb system in the Leslie. The 900 series
Leslies all came in a blue vinyl covered cabinet, if the cabinet
attached to the organ has a wood finish, it isn't a 900 series.
Given that the R-100 isn't by any means the best of the Hammond
tonewheel organs, and the 610 Leslie is basically only good for
parts, I would give this one a miss if I was you.
On 01/01/2019 18:00, Scott Hawthorn
wrote:
Oh! On re-reading, I see that it already comes with a Leslie.
We could assume that the R-100 is already wired for it. I would
be insisting that you compel the seller to read the model badge
on the Leslie, or, failing that, the model badge right on the
amp. Three half-moons shouldn't denote anything solid-state.
On 1/1/2019 9:48 AM, Scott Hawthorn
wrote:
Practically any Leslie would work, but it would be critical
to know which TYPE, or CLASS of Leslie this organ is already
wired for. Are you positive that you can't get the seller to
take a good picture of the insides?
On 1/1/2019 9:03 AM, rhodesworks
wrote:
I've been offered a Hammond R-100 console with a Leslie.
Unfortunately the owner passed away and his son is the person
selling it and is trying to do it from a number of states away
from the organs location. The organ is currently in storage.
The only pic available is the front of the organ and shows 3
half moons. The instrument is 2 hours away from me. I hate to
make the drive if it's a complete waste of time, so I'm
looking for a clue as to what Leslie models would generally be
used with this series organ. The three switches lead me to
assume it will be a solid state, but have no clue about
anything else. I haven't been able to find much info online.
Thanks for any help!
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Re: What Leslie Goes with a Hammond R-100 Series Organ?
On 1/1/2019 10:04 AM, rhodesworks wrote: Unfortunatly he is on the opposite coast. So?
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Unfortunatly he is on the opposite coast.?
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Re: What Leslie Goes with a Hammond R-100 Series Organ?
Oh! On re-reading, I see that it already comes with a Leslie. We
could assume that the R-100 is already wired for it. I would be
insisting that you compel the seller to read the model badge on
the Leslie, or, failing that, the model badge right on the amp.
Three half-moons shouldn't denote anything solid-state.
On 1/1/2019 9:48 AM, Scott Hawthorn
wrote:
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Practically any Leslie would work, but it would be critical to
know which TYPE, or CLASS of Leslie this organ is already wired
for. Are you positive that you can't get the seller to take a
good picture of the insides?
On 1/1/2019 9:03 AM, rhodesworks
wrote:
I've been offered a Hammond R-100 console with a Leslie.
Unfortunately the owner passed away and his son is the person
selling it and is trying to do it from a number of states away
from the organs location. The organ is currently in storage. The
only pic available is the front of the organ and shows 3 half
moons. The instrument is 2 hours away from me. I hate to make
the drive if it's a complete waste of time, so I'm looking for a
clue as to what Leslie models would generally be used with this
series organ. The three switches lead me to assume it will be a
solid state, but have no clue about anything else. I haven't
been able to find much info online.
Thanks for any help!
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Re: What Leslie Goes with a Hammond R-100 Series Organ?
Practically any Leslie would work, but it would be critical to
know which TYPE, or CLASS of Leslie this organ is already wired
for. Are you positive that you can't get the seller to take a good
picture of the insides?
On 1/1/2019 9:03 AM, rhodesworks wrote:
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Show quoted text
I've been offered a Hammond R-100 console with a Leslie.
Unfortunately the owner passed away and his son is the person
selling it and is trying to do it from a number of states away
from the organs location. The organ is currently in storage. The
only pic available is the front of the organ and shows 3 half
moons. The instrument is 2 hours away from me. I hate to make the
drive if it's a complete waste of time, so I'm looking for a clue
as to what Leslie models would generally be used with this series
organ. The three switches lead me to assume it will be a solid
state, but have no clue about anything else. I haven't been able
to find much info online.
Thanks for any help!
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What Leslie Goes with a Hammond R-100 Series Organ?
I've been offered a Hammond R-100 console with a Leslie. Unfortunately the owner passed away and his son is the person selling it and is trying to do it from a number of states away from the organs location. The organ is currently in storage. The only pic available is the front of the organ and shows 3 half moons. The instrument is 2 hours away from me. I hate to make the drive if it's a complete waste of time, so I'm looking for a clue as to what Leslie models would generally be used with this series organ. The three switches lead me to assume it will be a solid state, but have no clue about anything else. I haven't been able to find much info online.
Thanks for any help!
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Smooth Drawbar conversion
Hello,
Hoping someone can point me in the right direction....I am hoping to replace the ratchet style drawbars on my CV with smooth ones, but smoothdrawbars.com seems to have gone offline, and the email address seems to have expired as well.
Does anyone here know where I can find a comparable conversion kit? I'm not overly tech savvy, so a kit would be easier for me than trying to convert from scratch.
Any help would be greatly appreciated - Thanks much!
Paul in Wasilla Alaska
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If you've got both the L-100 and Porta B schematics, you've
probably got as much information as anyone. The L-100-P was the
European version of the L-100/Porta B. All three organs are built
around the same basic electronics, but with some variations in the
tab switching to give slightly different features (5th harmonic
percussion on the portable versions for example). I've got a
number of second hand keys and some stop tabs for these organs.
There are companies in USA that specialise in Hammond organ parts,
they will have a bigger range of parts.
Hello everyone,
I am searching for a service manual while trying to repair my old
hammond L-100-P organ. I already have L-100 manual and some porta
B schematics but these are not the same. Even porta B has
different wiring between upper and lower part and different
switches. In Croatia there is no professional service for these
instruments. Does anyone sell spare parts as well?
Marin
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Hello everyone,
I am searching for a service manual while trying to repair my old hammond L-100-P organ. I already have L-100 manual and some porta B schematics but these are not the same. Even porta B has different wiring between upper and lower part and different switches. In Croatia there is no professional service for these instruments. Does anyone sell spare parts as well?
Marin
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1960 B3/C3 Chop - New Look
I'm planning to re-cover my 1960 B3 (C3?) chop with new carpets/hardware. What's everyone thinking on looks? I'm thinking dark charcoal grey and black myself, given the original wooden blocks/rack sections are cig burned. I kind of like that (from previous owners) but I think cosmetically it needs a re-fresh.?
What you say?
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Marin
