Baldwin Model 10 Disassembly

[Guest]

Would anyone here have experience disassembling a Baldwin Model 10 church organ? I have one from the mid-60s that I inherited from our church, and it's been in the barn for some years. It played acceptably when it arrived, but has accumulated dirt, etc. in storage. I need to remove and expose the tone circuitry, manuals, etc. for cleaning.

Every avenue I explore for taking it apart runs into something that cannot be removed without first removing something else -- which, in turn cannot be removed etc. Even knowing the first (correct) screw would help.

I have the service manual, but that is largely devoted to the schematics. That'll come later.

Anyone? Thanks.

[tkosiorek]

Hello:I tore one of these apart 30 years ago from what I remember it was a major pain,the tone generator should be held in by about 4 bolts and you just need to unplug the oscillators and it should slide out the back,it is very heavy,the power supply alone weighs about 30 lbs.and it is part of the generator,if the generator was not rebuilt it probably need rebuilding and the capacitors replaced,then you have to go through it and calibrate the generators,do not remove any generator tubes unless absolutely necessary,changing one tube can throw the whole generator out of calibration,also do not switch tubes around,it can also cause miscalculation,a quick way to check the calibration is to put the vibrato on and after about 15 minutes go up and down the keyboard with all the stops on,if you hear some keys motorboating or sputtering the generator is out of calculation,the calculation procedure is described in the Baldwin auxilliary equiptment manual,I don't remember which one has the procedure there are 3 of them,I have them but not handy,I sell them and could research it if you need it.the keys and stops are a pain to access too,I still have some parts from the one I scrapped.
Tim K.

[Guest]

Thanks for your thoughts -- "pain" looks about right!

I read someplace awhile back about the care needed with the tone generator to avoid getting it out of synch. As I mentioned, this organ played when we hauled it over from the church (in a haywagon) ten years ago. But the mice have packed some of the crevices with nesting, so who knows now. I'm hoping a cleaning-out, probably with some wiring repairs, will do it.

The stop circuitry housing (being on top) was the first thing I worked at -- the housing looks like it's intended to slide back on rails once the visible screws are loose. No luck. And there's a harness in front of the housing that's secured to the fascia board and inaccessible. The manuals look impossible to remove without the stops removed first.

[Jan Girardot]

Hello;

I have here in front of me the original Baldwin organ service manual in the its leatherette 3-ring binder. It covers models 5, 10 and the model 40 Orga-Sonic. It is much more detailed than subsequent reprints.

Also of possible interest is one of the original Baldwin bias test box for tube tone generators. Both of these historic items are for sale from my collection. If interested, contact me off-Forum at [email protected]

. . . .Jan
the OrganGrinder

[arie v]

Hi

I'm gob-smacked that there are still folks interested in these old Baldwins. I thought just about all pre 1970 Baldwin organs had gone to organ heaven by now.

AV

[OrgansR4Me]

How many posters have been telling us they should have. I think in historic perspective it would be a nice organ to own but we just can't expect it to sound like todays instruments. It will take the same dedication as the recent restoration of the Connsonnata that is documented here in the forum. It needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Glad Tim had some on the job experience to lend to this thread.