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Hi everybody.</p>
I have a Hammond 8122 (Aurora-series) organ from about 1980. It is a 100% electronical with no tonewheels or -generators I don't know much about it, as I got it 9 months ago. It has some problems though. When I turn the organ on, it makes this kind of "bang", which I've heard might indicate that somethings wrong in the power supply. Of course I turn down the volume every time I turn the organ off. After the "bang" it works all right except from the deepest notes which it can't play right. When playing them the lights on the rythm-box flashes and the tone also "flashes". That might enpower the theory of the problem with the power supply. Or it could be the mixer #3 (The main-amplifier)?</p>
The pedals don't work as they should either. The 16' drawbar doesn't do anything (it is wired up and it has made a few deep "hums") and the 8' drawbar makes every pedal play the high C and at a really low volume. When opening to the boards I can adjust the volume and decay of the pedals, but that doesn't do anything but making the organ screwing up (and again the little lamp in the rythm-box flashes). It doesn't play loud either, but when turning up the volume in the mixer #3 the organ screws up again.</p>
And then of course, there is a lot of noise and some random errors around the organ, but changing the leslie slow/fast usually solves these. But who am I to complain - I got it for free. [;)]
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Do any of you have an idea of what might be wrong - if it's the power supply (transformers?) or the mixer #3, and how I can help it?</p>
Thanks.</p>
Stefan</p>
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