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From: "Ken Fedorick" <kfedorick@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 13:59:57 -0600
Is the Leslie your only channel?  Do other channels have the same problem?  It 
sounds like it could be an amp or a preamp.  

I have a Rodgers 340 and a Deseret 115 but I am not familiar with the 110 
layout.  

A friend has a Rodgers 36E.  He has had problems with static and fading which 
was caused by the output pots before the amps.  Mostly this was caused by dirt 
in the pots.  I was able to tear them down and clean them.  Not recommended for 
the faint of heart.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: rgrauman@xxxxxxx 
  To: analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:34 PM
  Subject: [analogorgans] Re: Hi, Group - need help


  Hi, Kenneth -
  Thanks for your reply. I will stop by a Radio Shack on my way home tonight 
and try the cleaning suggestions.
  The static starts as soon as I turn the organ on. Or, as soon as it "warms 
up" or whatever - within a couple seconds of turning it on. Nothing I do 
(expression shoe, changing voicing, jumping around, etc.) has any effect on the 
static. It has a mind of it's own. It has slowly worsened over time, in that on 
occasion in the past, I have turned on the organ and there was some static. But 
when I turned it off, let it sit a minute, and turned it back on again, it was 
gone. Not so anymore. And it is really deafening now.
  Another malady I have noticed recently (before the static thing became 
constant last week and the organ became pretty much unplayable) which may or 
may not be related is that after I have been playing for a while (1/2 hour 
perhaps?), sometimes everything dies - softer and softer and softer and then 
nothing. I turn off, then on again, and everything is fine indefinitely.
  I'll let you know the results of the cleaning.
  ~Ronnie
   
  -----Original Message-----
  From: kfedorick@xxxxxxxxxx
  To: analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:23 PM
  Subject: [analogorgans] Re: Hi, Group - need help


  Ronnie,
              One quick and dirty thing you might try is to get some contact 
cleaner (radio shack).  Disconnect the power from the wall.  Remove the Leslie 
cable from the back of the organ and spray the plug and socket.  Plug and 
remove the leslie cable a couple of times.  Do the same thing on the Leslie end 
of the cable.  Give it a little time to dry and then see how it works.  

              Another possibility is the volume control on the Leslie.  Mark 
its location on the chassis then moves it back and forth a few times and see if 
that helps.  From that point, we would need to get inside the organ and see if 
the pots for the output are dirty.  

              Question, does the static noise start when you turn the organ on 
and continues until you turn it off or do you have to do something to make it 
happen, like move the expression shoe, certain voices have to be used, or some 
other thing need to happen?  Did this just start happening or has it done this 
over time?

  Kenneth W. Fedorick
  1529 West Taylor Road
  Las Cruces, NM 88007-5545
  (505) 526-5803 Home
  (505) 644-9483 Cell

  -----Original Message-----
  From: analogorgans-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:analogorgans-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RGrauman@xxxxxxx
  Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 10:06 AM
  To: analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [analogorgans] Hi, Group - need help

  Hi. I'm new to this "free lists" thing and I don't know what all the 
protocols are or if I'm even on the right list, so if I'm barking up the wrong 
tree, please redirect me...

  Here's the story: I have a Rodgers 110. It's hooked up to a Leslie. It sounds 
like the scratchiest old record player you ever heard. Sometimes it almost goes 
away for a few seconds, but then it comes back. I had a Leslie guy come out, 
b/c I thought it was that, but no - the Leslie is quiet as a mouse. So, 
something's wrong with the organ. The closest repair folks are 1.5 hours away 
and it will cost me $400 to have them just come down and scratch their chins, 
so I'm hoping someone out there might be able to help me at least diagnose 
what's going on here, step-by-step. So far I've lifted the lid and checked the 
fuse. No problems there. Any more ideas? Please help. I'm desperate. HUUUUUGE 
audition on the 12th.

  Thanks...

  ~Ronnie


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