[HAM] Calibration

[JOHN HABURAY]

It has been stated several times on these lists over the years, and
anecdotal evidence exists, that recapping without recalibrating is
risky - you may not like what you end up with.  However, there is also
anecdotal evidence that the converse is true - that a recap followed
by a proper recalibration can give perfectly acceptable organ.

  Hi,
  If you are using a old wax cap generator now, it isn't calibrated very much anymore because your caps are probably way out of wack. Recapping is not as risky as you may think. I have always had excellent results doing it. On many, many many organs. Never a complaint about harness, soft-loud tones. Nothing but people really loving having their Hammonds sound sound like they mean business. As long as you match the caps close on any given generator you will be in the calibration ball park on said generator and have a nice sounding Hammond again. It is also neccesary to rebuild the preamp, recap the line box, change any resistors that are bad ANYWHERE in the organ, do the bus bars and clean the scanner. Most people will find that this is considered acceptable.
  John


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