[HAM] A-100 question

[Forest E. Perkins]

"Google"  "Antique Radio"  Usually they have a very large selection of 
tubes.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Prevallet" <rickp at tonewheelgeneral.com>
To: "The Hammond Forum" <hammond at zeni.net>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [HAM] A-100 question


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> Where is a good place to buy tubes please?
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> http://www.tonewheelgeneral.com/build_page.php?item_no=AO28-TUBES
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> fleahopper wrote:
>> Where is a good place to buy tubes please?  And what all tubes should
>> I have - may as well get a full set if I can.
>> Other things play back okay thru the organ so I'm hoping it's in the
>> vibrato switches or something. Some sound did come back (very little)
>> when the switches were apart & cleaned.  I can use the tape deck &
>> play stuff back thru the speakers.
>> Thanks!!
>> Fleah
>>
>>
>> At 12:37 AM 6/22/2007, you wrote:
>>
>>>> I checked the 2 tubes 6au6 or something & switched them to see if the 
>>>> sound
>>>> problem changed - no luck. - the organ has almost no sound - none at 
>>>> all
>>>> when vib. tabs are on. What's my next step?  I did have a tech come out 
>>>> (no
>>>> names here) & he poured alcohol? on the wires under the 2 switch tabs - 
>>>> it
>>>> did help a bit - I did get a wee bit of sound back.
>>>>
>>> Could be lots of things, or more likely multiple things.  I'd suggest 
>>> that
>>> you rig up a test headset.   Use a spare 1/4 inch jack and a pair of 
>>> wires
>>> so that you can connect the tip of a headphone to one of the "G" 
>>> terminals
>>> on the pre-amp and the ring of the headphone to the pre-amp chassis 
>>> ground,
>>> and see whether you can hear anything in one of the earpieces directly 
>>> out
>>> of the pre-amp, with the organ set for highest volume.  If you can, post
>>> back and we can trouble shoot the power amp.  If you can't hear anything
>>> (even a strong signal will be very low volume) then we can troubleshoot 
>>> the
>>> organ, particularly the vibrato circuit.
>>>
>>> Also, if you have access to a 12BH7 tube, try switching it into the 
>>> pre-amp.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dave Bishop
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "fleahopper" <fleahopper at earthlink.net>
>>> To: <hammond at zeni.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:31 PM
>>> Subject: [HAM] A-100 question & fed up
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi -
>>>>
>>>> I had a question about my A-100 & found this list - saw some
>>>> interesting posts & some not so nice posts.
>>>> Where do I start?
>>>> I checked the 2 tubes 6au6 or something & switched them to see if the
>>>> sound problem changed - no luck. - the organ has almost no sound -
>>>> none at all when vib. tabs are on. What's my next step?  I did have a
>>>> tech come out (no names here) & he poured alcohol? on the wires under
>>>> the 2 switch tabs - it did help a bit - I did get a wee bit of sound 
>>>> back.
>>>>
>>>> 2nd thing - I was reading the posts - & ran across "fed up"  -   I
>>>> just need to put my 2 cents in here & clear up something.
>>>>
>>>> I've been to Steve Leigh's house & had a great time there with him &
>>>> his wife Becky - it was a spur of the moment drop-in - I called &
>>>> said I was in the area - never met either of them before, but had
>>>> 'met' on another list yrs ago.  My husband & I had a great time there
>>>> - with both of them & with each one alone - Becky was explaining the
>>>> workings etc of a B-3 to my husband while I was soaking up all the
>>>> playing info I could from Steve - the afternoon turned into evening -
>>>> we kept going & going - must have spent half the night there - I even
>>>> sat in on a 'lesson' - a young group Steve was giving pointers
>>>> to.  Becky & I spent more time together - playing with a young -
>>>> "maybe to be" guard dog - he was soooo cute & we had a great time
>>>> just chatting.  I just cannot believe that there was any problem or
>>>> abuse between them - you can't spend that much time with people as we
>>>> did & not have even a hint of anything.  We'd talked by phone after
>>>> that a bit, then I lost track of Steve as I was going through a tough
>>>> time & I didn't learn till later that Becky had passed away, but I
>>>> just needed to clear up something & set the record straight -   They
>>>> both loved each other very much.  You could see that in the way they
>>>> interacted with each other.  Maybe I could have missed something, but
>>>> my husband is a lot more observant than I am & he agrees on this with 
>>>> me.
>>>>
>>>> I for one would like to see any rumors stop here.  If you haven't
>>>> been there or talked with them, you can't know anything.  Becky was a
>>>> very nice lady & I don't like seeing anything bad said.
>>>>
>>>> Okay - my 2 cents is over - but I would wish that this list talk
>>>> about Hammonds - I could really use some help!!
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> fleahopper
>>>>
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