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47 Tubes and a rat's nest of components on turret board = an organ
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 12:57 pm
by zezozeceglutz
Just a little tube/vintage electronics porn. This is from an early 60s Lowrey Holiday electric organ that I picked up for $25 with the original manual packet and a stack of "American Home Organist" music books from '61-'66 or so
The tubes put out enough heat that it also makes a good space heater in the winter months but it sounds so good. The only problem is that the original drive belt for the built in Leslie unit is stretched out and I haven't been able to find a replacement. You can see that it a two-way speaker setup and the rotating unit. The Leslie has a Jensen in it that blows away the no-name speakers in the two way that can barely produce the bass pedal tones without distorting.
Re: 47 Tubes and a rat's nest of components on turret board = an organ
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 2:58 pm
by OnlyVees
Holy crap. What's the tube complement?
Re: 47 Tubes and a rat's nest of components on turret board = an organ
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:28 pm
by Maukio
OnlyVees wrote:
Holy crap. What's the tube complement?
Haha, that's exactly what I said. I read the top text and saw the first picture, then I scrolled down, saw the second picture, and said, "Holy crap!" outloud. I've worked on some cars with crazy rat nest wiring. I suppose that isn't the worst ever, but I wouldn't want to have to mess around with that dude too much. Good thing you got the manual!
Re: 47 Tubes and a rat's nest of components on turret board = an organ
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 10:42 am
by zezozeceglutz
Hah, the manual is better for a laugh ("Hello,
Mr. Owner...") than anything else.
Tube chart:
I only recognize the 7591 and 12ax7. Anything else interesting there?
Re: 47 Tubes and a rat's nest of components on turret board = an organ
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:41 pm
by OnlyVees
I spy with my little eye... a 5U4 rectifier tube.
Re: 47 Tubes and a rat's nest of components on turret board = an organ
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:13 pm
by The Radium King
have fun re-capping that puppy.
Re: 47 Tubes and a rat's nest of components on turret board = an organ
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 4:42 pm
by Pepe Silvia
Wow. That is really cool. And what a great score. Thanks for posting this.
Re: 47 Tubes and a rat's nest of components on turret board = an organ
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 9:19 pm
by saxjag
I briefly owned a Farfisa organ, and it had about that much wiring. It's like every harmonic of every note on the keyboard had its own wire; do the math. Mounted precariously on its stand, that was one topheavy mother. Sounded like pure '60s-garage-band sex.
Re: 47 Tubes and a rat's nest of components on turret board = an organ
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:44 pm
by mikkiki
zezozeceglutz wrote:
The tubes put out enough heat that it also makes a good space heater in the winter months
really? that's really a lot of heat. does it get overly hot in the summer when it's turned on then?
i imagine you are not able to play it when it's more than 20 degrees celcious.. haha