Hello everyone
I hope all of you guys and ladies are doing well
My questions are these. I’m getting a old organ from someone near me. It’s a old unnamed organ, someone in the past had painted it. I will bringing it home tomorrow and will post photos of it then
I took the back cover off and could see countless small tubes and found the power amp, the power amp has two large transformers and a power transformer. More info on that tomorrow.
What I’d like to know is about the other tube banks. I seen they are labeled on the case
B,C, D and so on. I think they are for the different peddles and keys. For the tones
Tomorrow I’ll post photos of them as well.
What parts are good to save and pass on to you guys for your projects? I know it’s hard to say without the photos and so on.
I do know that I want to keep and use the tube amp for one of my systems. Once I get it out and see what all I can use and what I need to do for safely.
The lady did have it powered up and I could see all the tube glowing under all the years of dust. So hopefully that’s a good sign that it’s useable.
Until tomorrow
Thanks
I hope all of you guys and ladies are doing well
My questions are these. I’m getting a old organ from someone near me. It’s a old unnamed organ, someone in the past had painted it. I will bringing it home tomorrow and will post photos of it then
I took the back cover off and could see countless small tubes and found the power amp, the power amp has two large transformers and a power transformer. More info on that tomorrow.
What I’d like to know is about the other tube banks. I seen they are labeled on the case
B,C, D and so on. I think they are for the different peddles and keys. For the tones
Tomorrow I’ll post photos of them as well.
What parts are good to save and pass on to you guys for your projects? I know it’s hard to say without the photos and so on.
I do know that I want to keep and use the tube amp for one of my systems. Once I get it out and see what all I can use and what I need to do for safely.
The lady did have it powered up and I could see all the tube glowing under all the years of dust. So hopefully that’s a good sign that it’s useable.
Until tomorrow
Thanks
Really? I did think about that, but I’m not sure if it’s worth all the work. It’s a two tear keys and about 6 foot pedals. But it does have 6 or more tone tube boards in the back plus’s the tube power amp. And I believe it’s a two channel. The organ has two speakers, a left and a right
I’ll have it home later today, I’ve scraped a few Allen and Other brands in the past
Tube and SS and there really was no value in them. I also got two truck beds full of amps and power supply’s a few years ago and had a had time passing the parts around. I gave the last six 100 watt mono amps to a member on this fourm, he put them to work in his sound system
Tube and SS and there really was no value in them. I also got two truck beds full of amps and power supply’s a few years ago and had a had time passing the parts around. I gave the last six 100 watt mono amps to a member on this fourm, he put them to work in his sound system
Well, I'd bet that would have done no harm to nobody
. But scrapping a tonewhell, tube powered Hammond is a sacrilege!Best regards!
Well it’s here, it’s not a high-end price
It’s a lowrey 6l6 organ tube amp
Made sometime between 1956 to mode to late 1960’s. It’s dirty as hell and looks like I may be able to get some parts from it
If anyone needs any of the small tubes
Just ask. I’ll ship you a lot of them, but first need to see what they are
It’s a lowrey 6l6 organ tube amp
Made sometime between 1956 to mode to late 1960’s. It’s dirty as hell and looks like I may be able to get some parts from it
If anyone needs any of the small tubes
Just ask. I’ll ship you a lot of them, but first need to see what they are
Here are the two transformers showing the numbers. They are mostly the same. So I’m sure this means that it’s a mono amp
Please inform me about it
And the two speakers inside look like 12” or 10” and the frames are blue under the dust
I just found this about the speakers
They are a Jenson 12” and this is what I found about it
Therefore, a P12Q speaker has an Alnico magnet, a 12” diameter and is rated at 40 watts.
Thanks
Please inform me about it
And the two speakers inside look like 12” or 10” and the frames are blue under the dust
I just found this about the speakers
They are a Jenson 12” and this is what I found about it
Therefore, a P12Q speaker has an Alnico magnet, a 12” diameter and is rated at 40 watts.
Thanks
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The two Jensen are a good find, if they are still working. Kay Pirinha: the tube layout on post #8 lists two 6L6 next to the output transformer, and two 6AU4 next to the power transformer. They fitted cheap TV dampers as rectifiers. The bottom of the chassis picture does shows the standard consumer grade manufacturing quality of that era, with cost cutting as top priority and no provision to make servicing easy. A full restoration to factory specs would mean a lot of work, probably not worth of the effort at this time, but the organ may still "work" somewhat. Cloth wire seems to be still in good conditions.
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