You haven't mentioned power supply voltages. If you have a meter how
do they look. My guess would be that you have components giving out.
Whether it is one or more capacitors or the power transistors, you
will not be able to find out without a meter.
Okay, well, I cleaned a bunch of stuff where the organ connects to the Leslie and to power and hooked everything back up and there is no change. :( So, if anyone is willing to give me step-by-step directions on how to clean the pots, I'm totally game. I even took photos of the amplifier and posted them on shutterfly.com incase that will give you an idea of the innards of my particular organ.
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Um, well, the Leslie is the only thing I have hooked up... I'm not sure about channels... how would I check?
The dirt-in-the-pots diagnosis sounds rather promising. If the cleaning doesn't work, I'd like to try that, if you could possibly give me step-by-step directions. I'll keep you posted.
~Ronnie
-----Original Message----- From: kfedorick@xxxxxxxxxx To: analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 3:59 PM Subject: [analogorgans] Re: Hi, Group - need help
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.
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Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:34 PM
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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
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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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