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Hello friends,
I happened upon a yardsale at a church not long ago, and it turns out it wasn't really a church anymore...it's being leased to a "hippie commune" of sorts. Neat space for that kind of thing. Anyway, I went inside and they had no fewer than three pianos and three organs, two of which are Hammonds. They also had two Leslies "laying around". The Organs: On closer inspection, I found that the organs were a CV and a BV. The CV has a 9-pin adapter box attached to the underside of the console and the BV has a halfmoon switch labeled "REV/AUX" with OFF/MEDIUM/ON settings. The Leslie box inside the BV console is numbered 018432. The 6-pin Leslie jack is kind of dangling off the console as if it's been kicked or bumped, and two of the wires are unattached. The Leslies: One is a 44W, made for a Wurlitzer, with a five-pin plug. The other is a 31H with a Type 2 amp, also 6-pin. So this is kind of an odd assortment of gear and I'm hoping to piece together a functional combo for this place-- I just don't want to fry anything (or anyone!) in the process.
Does it sound like the BV can be paired with the 31H, given the info I've provided? I guess the first thing would be to solder the leads on the jack in the correct positions... I can only wonder how the 44W got into the picture and what the CV was played through...it seems unlikely they were/are a pair.
Thanks for any insights!
I happened upon a yardsale at a church not long ago, and it turns out it wasn't really a church anymore...it's being leased to a "hippie commune" of sorts. Neat space for that kind of thing. Anyway, I went inside and they had no fewer than three pianos and three organs, two of which are Hammonds. They also had two Leslies "laying around". The Organs: On closer inspection, I found that the organs were a CV and a BV. The CV has a 9-pin adapter box attached to the underside of the console and the BV has a halfmoon switch labeled "REV/AUX" with OFF/MEDIUM/ON settings. The Leslie box inside the BV console is numbered 018432. The 6-pin Leslie jack is kind of dangling off the console as if it's been kicked or bumped, and two of the wires are unattached. The Leslies: One is a 44W, made for a Wurlitzer, with a five-pin plug. The other is a 31H with a Type 2 amp, also 6-pin. So this is kind of an odd assortment of gear and I'm hoping to piece together a functional combo for this place-- I just don't want to fry anything (or anyone!) in the process.
Does it sound like the BV can be paired with the 31H, given the info I've provided? I guess the first thing would be to solder the leads on the jack in the correct positions... I can only wonder how the 44W got into the picture and what the CV was played through...it seems unlikely they were/are a pair.
Thanks for any insights!
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