WHAT!!!!someone tried to throw out a HammondX77 organ-SHAME ON THEM-It can be fixed.Better it was rescued by a fellow organ fan than getting crushed to oblivion in a trash truck!
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Hammond CV
That was the first model of Hammond to be equipped with the vibrato scanner. Models prior to that used a "chorus generator", which was a complete second generator, geared so that it ran at a slightly different speed. It produced phasing when it was mixed with the output from the main generator. That was a very expensive solution, which is why the vibrato scanner was developed.
The CV is a pretty rare model because it wasn't made very long. It wasn't produced until after WWII, and it was replaced by the C-2 in 1949. The CV is one of those weird models that relies on the tone cabinet for plate voltage, which is why the choices of Leslie that will work with it are limited. However, you can get a separate B+ supply that can be installed in the organ and takes the place of the b+ supply from the tone cabinet; once you do that, you have a lot more choices.
As for your Conn, I concur with the advice to play it for a while and see if the key contacts clean up. When I first got my Hammond A100, it had several dodgy keys. There's a procedure for shifting the busbars on a Hammond to expose new contact area, but I decided that before I messed with that, I'd play it for a while and see if it cleaned up. It gradually got better, and after about a month of playing, it worked perfectly.
That was the first model of Hammond to be equipped with the vibrato scanner. Models prior to that used a "chorus generator", which was a complete second generator, geared so that it ran at a slightly different speed. It produced phasing when it was mixed with the output from the main generator. That was a very expensive solution, which is why the vibrato scanner was developed.
The CV is a pretty rare model because it wasn't made very long. It wasn't produced until after WWII, and it was replaced by the C-2 in 1949. The CV is one of those weird models that relies on the tone cabinet for plate voltage, which is why the choices of Leslie that will work with it are limited. However, you can get a separate B+ supply that can be installed in the organ and takes the place of the b+ supply from the tone cabinet; once you do that, you have a lot more choices.
As for your Conn, I concur with the advice to play it for a while and see if the key contacts clean up. When I first got my Hammond A100, it had several dodgy keys. There's a procedure for shifting the busbars on a Hammond to expose new contact area, but I decided that before I messed with that, I'd play it for a while and see if it cleaned up. It gradually got better, and after about a month of playing, it worked perfectly.
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Thanks for the advice as well as the information on the Hammond tone cabinet's power supply.
And indeed the Hammond has a vibrato which works quite well actually.
I think I'll go with the consensus here and just play the Conn for a while. Sure, BACH will sound like Chopsticks but if it is the least invasive way to go, I'm for it.
Again thanks for the GREAT information. You guys are SWELL !
Thanks for the advice as well as the information on the Hammond tone cabinet's power supply.
And indeed the Hammond has a vibrato which works quite well actually.
I think I'll go with the consensus here and just play the Conn for a while. Sure, BACH will sound like Chopsticks but if it is the least invasive way to go, I'm for it.
Again thanks for the GREAT information. You guys are SWELL !
I always wanted to learn how to play the organ, but I was always told that it would be too difficult for me to learn.
My parents made me take three years of accordion lessons instead. Go figure.
Unfortunately, I've forgotten most of what I was taught and I still can't read music, damnit.
I really envy you guys.
My parents made me take three years of accordion lessons instead. Go figure.
Unfortunately, I've forgotten most of what I was taught and I still can't read music, damnit.
I really envy you guys.
It's never too late to learn AND you can pretty much get a home organ for free or next to nothing nowadays to practice on because no body wants them and the people that do have them want them out of the house. Put an ad "looking for" on Kijiji or Freecycle.org and/or give your name to any of the piano stores in Calgary telling them you'll take a good trade in off their hands and save t hem the cost of trucking it to the dump.
Here's a place
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