[analogorgans] Re: soldering....
- From: "milton miller" <organgrinder64@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 06:30:21 -0500
and the best to you.may god be with you.i'll keep you in my thoughts and
prayers. milt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Moquin" <jean.moquin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:03 PM
Subject: [analogorgans] Re: soldering....
> Hello Milt,
>
> 220 no. 1 is fully functionnal now!....I learned a lot while fixing
> it....Charlie Stack was a great, wonderfull and very patient help
> there!....
>
> What I bought from Daffer was the console plus five 100W amps....no
> speakers
>
> What I have here for this organ:
> 1) a pair of Cerwin Vega 12 in + mid + tweet
> 2) a pair of Cerwin Vega 15 in. + mid + tweet
> 3) an 18 in Electro Voice woofer.
>
> This particular organ will be used on Feb 19 for a concert in a college
> auditorium...mostly for accompaniment....violin, singning....
>
> As for 220 no. 2.....I pluged it for the first time last week.....after
> cleaning the key contacts (and the rest of the console!), only two
> troubles
> left:
> a) a cipher
> b) two broken connections on the overhanging board related to the
> "chiff".....
> This is all!!!!....I won't learn much on this one!....This console in like
> a
> two years old car with 10 000 miles on!.....or...."has been used only once
> a
> week by the pastor driving from home to church"......BTW, this is a
> drawknob
> console....and the cabinet is oil finished....
>
> I have been diagnosed a prostate cancer last October.....I
> immediatly
> went through tests....they where positive....I saw the Urologist
> yesterday.....I got a call from the hospital this morning....All
> pre-operation tests are sheduled for the 11th and 15th (next week)....I
> should go through surgery by the end of this month....
>
> I am looking forward for a trip in PA by the end of April.....
>
> Best to you and family!
>
> Jean
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jean
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "milton miller" <organgrinder64@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:58 AM
> Subject: [analogorgans] Re: soldering....
>
>
>> hey jean; did you get those 220's going?one was for the road?what sorts
> of
>> speakers did you get for these organs?i miss the days when virgil fox did
>> his heavy organ concerts.no one travels any more like that wigh an
> organ,it
>> seems. milt miler
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jean Moquin" <jean.moquin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 1:05 PM
>> Subject: [analogorgans] Re: soldering....
>>
>>
>> > Hello Milton,
>> >
>> > Yes, I do have a 330E...plus a 333...and (2) TWO 220-II.....
>> >
>> > Here is the story...I was approached by a local organ officiando
> who
>> > was looking for a large (and serious!)electronic for a serie of
>> > concerts
>> > next winter....Apparently, nobody is renting this kind of stuff aound
>> > here....He had heard about my 330..so, he came here to have a
> look....and
>> > saw the size of it.....I offered him to look for something a little
>> > smaller,
>> > but again, a serious instrument....I was offered this 220 by Daffer
> Church
>> > Organs....I picked it up in May, at their Maryland location and trailed
> it
>> > here....On my way down, I stopped by a Allen dealer who had previously
>> > offered me a 220, just after my deal with Daffer was closed.....I went
>> > back
>> > south of the border in June and trailed back this second 220
>> > console.....just for the fun of "putting it back on its feet"....I am
>> > (almost!) completely retired now, so, I do have time to play with those
>> > toys....(alas, less time to womenise around!).....
>> >
>> > I don't intend to keep the 220-II no. 1....It will apparently
> travel
>> > around next winter (rented) and might end up in a small convent in my
>> > area...as a spare for their Moller pipe organ wich is out of order much
> of
>> > the time...
>> >
>> > The organ won't be used as a solo instrument during these
> concerts,
>> > but rather for accompagnement puposes....
>> >
>> > I shall search for some pics..and send that to you...
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > Jean
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "milton miller" <organgrinder64@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 1:07 PM
>> > Subject: [analogorgans] Re: soldering....
>> >
>> >
>> >> hi there jean; i didn't know you had a 220.i thought you had a
>> >> 330.did
>> > you
>> >> just get this/ milt(i have a conn 652 right now) milt miller
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Jean Moquin" <jean.moquin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <analogorgans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:32 AM
>> >> Subject: [analogorgans] soldering....
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Hello List,
>> >> > Just to share....While searching for a dead note on the Swell
>> > (Rodgers
>> >> > 220-II), I checked and re-checked every components in the
>> >> > chain...the
>> >> > scope was showing a nice sine curve everywhere....I also looked
>> > (visualy)
>> >> > for a broken connection or bad solder.....I finaly found the
>> >> > culprit:
> a
>> >> > broken connection between a resistor, on one side of a card, and the
>> >> > busbar on the other side....The original solder, on the bus, looked
>> >> > very
>> >> > good, bus the connecting wire was actualy broken right inside the
> card
>> >> > tickness....This using the buzzer position on the multimeter...
>> >> >
>> >> > Best regards to everyone....
>> >> >
>> >> > Jean
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