[analogorgans] Re: My 330 moving adventure
- From: barcand@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:57:09 -0500 (CDT)
I sold the Artiste for $2000.00 to a fellow in Indiana who flew out,
rented a U-haul and picked it up. Sure was fun working on it.
Yes, I have a manual for the 220.....
Bernie in ND
> Jack,
> What happened to your artiste.... Also do you have a manual for the 220..
> T. Harrison
> At 11:06 AM 7/26/2005, you wrote:
>
>>Jack,
>>That's why I hesitate every time I open up the Cambridge 220. What's
>> even
>>more scary is when you're working on a 50,000 watt FM transmitter and you
>>get something in the wrong place and draw a 3 inch arc that sounds like a
>>shotgun! I guess that's why I quit that business, not wanting to die of
>>heart failure.
>>Could you determine exactly the spot that arced when your wings were put
>>back? Do you have a manual to trace out the Sfzd circuit? I love the
>>Sfz...although that alone is not "wife friendly" when she is present. I
>>wanted to see just what those two 100 watt amps and speaker cabinets
>> would
>>do, so when she was gone, I ear-plugged up...and "opened it up".
>>Unfortunately, one of the speakers was up against the stairway wall, and
>> I
>>developed a fairly large plaster crack right behind the speaker, on the
>>other side of the wall. Sure blows your hair back a lot better than the
>>Moller Artiste Pipe Oprgan I had!
>>
>>Good luck in tracking down the problem...
>>
>>Bernie in ND
>>
>>
>> > As some of you know, I was shopping for a cable to relocate an S-100
>> amp,
>> > mounted internally, to my amp rack located in the basement and move my
>> 330
>> > to a different location in the living room. I needed about 20 feet.
>> When
>> > I opened the racks on the 330, I discovered the amp was mounted next
>> to
>> > the power supply and already had a 10 foot cable attached. I also had
>> > longer than needed S-100 cables connected to the rest of my amps. So,
>> I
>> > cut out a 10 foot section of the old cable and spliced it into the
>> short
>> > cable and behold, a new cable was born.
>> >
>> > When all was done and reconnected, I applied power to test the system
>> > after carefully testing everything with my volt/ohm meter and
>> soldering
>> > all the connections. I was greeted with a loud hum and a sound like a
>> > sizzle. What a nightmare. I actually think my heart stopped beating.
>> At
>> > that moment, I believed I blew up my 330. I quickly removed power and
>> > rechecked everything.
>> >
>> > To make a long story short, I must have place the 3 circuit racks too
>> > close together when closing up the 330. Something must have touched
>> and
>> > grounded out a circuit. I only accidentally discovered this when I
>> > checked the status of the fuse mounted on the back of the pre-amp
>> output
>> > board. I turned on the power when the racks were open and the hum was
>> > absent. After carefully closing up the organ, each rack separately,
>> and
>> > applying power each time, I discovered that all is well. However, my
>> > carelessness cost me my Sforzando setting. Neither piston nor toe
>> stud
>> > works. I must have shorted out this circuit. But I can live without
>> this
>> > feature.
>> >
>> > During this move, I also purchased two Cerwin-Vega CLSC-215 speakers.
>> > Awesome. They replaced two W-6 cabinets. They have half the foot
>> print
>> > and are much more wife friendly. Rated at 400 watts each, I could use
>> > just a little more amp power, but for the living room, I can live with
>> > this also. Hope you enjoyed this (mis)adventure.
>> >
>> > Jack Webber
>> > Odenton MD
>>
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