Hammond Organ Repair Montage (part 1)

This is a slide show of Hammonds we have repaired at the Retro Electronics shop over the years (this is part 1). The order is:
B2
Bad power/leslie cables before repairs
B3 bad felt
B3 electronics repaired
Retrochad adjusting B3
PR20 electronics repairs
Repaired Leslie cable
Repaired PR20 power supply
C3
C3 burned wiring before repairs
C3 electronics, before and after repairs
C3 repaired with power indicator
Organist1982 and Retrochad playing C3

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Hammond
• Organ
• Repair
• Montage
• (part
• 1)
• B3
• B-3
• C3
• C-3
• Pr-20
• PR20
• B2
• B-2
• electronics
• tone
• cabinet
• Leslie
• repairs

[steverabb]

Cool! Like it! I'm a 1960's Hammond A100 owner, I've favorited your channel, might need some help some day. Great Music, btw!

[retrochad]

Thank you for your comments and subscription...I am enjoying watching your videos!

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

Your projects get better and better everyday and that sound is very awesome! I hope I can find a copy for myself someday if not too rare.

[retrochad]

Thanks for your nice comments!

[spatsbear2]

Nice montage.

What was the music played?

[retrochad]

Thank you! The music was "Ain't She Sweet" performed by Mr. Goon-Bones and Mr. Ford (Ralph Ford, Hammond Organ, with Ted Goon and his Goon-Bones)

This was from a 45 EP record with 4 songs on it. I intially found this on a 78 RPM record as a kid and then about 8 years ago found the 45. I was surprised to actually find another copy of it.

[paulj0557]

@retrochad Can you tell me the status on your Wurlitzer electrostatic organs? Have you gotten them up and running yet. As I mentioned before I have a 46' Wurlitzer Orgatron series 31 and a 46' model 310 Wurlitzer vibrato tone cabinet. I recapped the tone cabinet recently and have hooked it up to my Wurlitzer 625t. My latest project is my Gulbransen Rialto II that has an Isomonic Leslie via two 540's and a 705 cabinet. I lost the top manual on the Rialto recently. Fortunately have the serv. man..

[paulj0557]

@Vinylrecordsneverdie Don't know what's more thrilling, buying a Hammond Elegante yesterday for $150 in mint condition that still plays perfect ( and yes I'm aware of the inevitable need to change power supply electrolytic caps, easy and cheap DYI), or getting a cool piece of vinyl in the mail today- 'Mr. Fantastic John De Luca at the Wurlitzer' ( Wurlitzer 4300 on front & him sitting at a 4520 theater organ on the back.

Watch 'Mr. Fantastic and the Wonderful World of Wurlitzer'

just ordered

[NDMStudio]

Have a pr40 and can figure out how to turn the reverb on. The amp is working but can not get the springs to send the reverb... Any ideas? Video is good;))

[shittybandsexposed]

i just got a hammond comodore #328322

looks great, plays, unfortunately very low sound, also 1/4' out not working ?

any idea whats wrong ?

fuse ?

thanks,

[themilksnatcher]

Nice video! Iv just brought a Hammond T100 off of ebay for £5 its not been fired up in 10 years. I guess that the tone wheel genorator will be seized up by now but I havent picked it up yet. Where would you start?? any advice would be a great help! Thanx

[Xerox6085I]

Curious though, why the pilot light is on the left in the C3. When I install a pilot light in a older model I always install it on the right side near the run switch as in the later models.

[dieselheart001]

That Leslie cable looks as bad as mine was!!

[rotel1080man]

Like it. Was that the hammond B3

[ElderPinkerton]

I have three Hammonds. I have a C3, a small spinet I think is a L100 and a pastor friend just gave me an A100. It doesn't run though and I think it's something with the generater. Wish I had some way to fix it myself. There's no repairman here in our area.

[ZmajSnoshaj]

Beautiful!! :)))))))) If only I could fit a full sized organ up here in my apartment.. lol... I seem to be limited to only spinets.. :b