I have just been given a Hammond H500 organ. And how lovely it is too. However I know nothing about organs, and I can't seem to get the pedals to work. I suspect something may be broken. Can anyone help out please?</P>
Are you sure about the model number? Is it a spinet organ with 13 bass pedals or a console with 25 pedals. If it is the former it could be either J500 or T500. There was a H series of console organs but I know of no 500 model. Give us some more details and I'm sure we can help.</P>
That's a Galanti H500 then. Nothing to do with Hammond at all. Should really be in Home Organs rather than here but no worries about that. No need for any photos. I know this organ and it dates from the very early 1980's. Not the one off eBay UK that was described as a Hammond by any chance?</P>
No pedals? First, I'd check to make sure that none of the 'auto bass' features are on. I can't recall what Galanti called them but they disable the pedals completely when switched on. You'll find these controls with all the rhythm buttons etc.</P>
If it's not that, and no pedals are working, it might be something very simple, like a bad connection somewhere, like on the automatic bass circuit or in the wiring from the pedals up to the pedal circuit boards. Or it's something more seriouslike the generatorsor dividers that produce the pedal tones. You'd need a set of schematics to troubleshoot this and the organ is so old that would probably not be able to get any spares. Many such faults on these organs can be regarded as terminal.</P>
As with all old organs of this type, however nice it may sound, it has no monetary value at all. Fully working organs are regularly given away or sold for peanuts. So please don't spend any real money on repairs, it isn't worth it. You got it for nothing, so by all means have a go at fixing it. Check for anything obviously loose or broken, but do be careful inside any organ - there are high voltages in certain areas.</P>
Andy G</P>
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