Hi everybody,
I am new to this forum and for your information, as a french canadian, english is my second language. I will try to do my best.
I recently acquired a first Hammond, a 1966 L-100 for 60$CDN shipped to my 2nd floor apartment. The organ was already in working condition, but I am restoring it completely, upgrading a little... I have already did the full foldback on upper and lower manual with Alan DuBois (mechanic1342) kits from Ebay, which is a great kit with detailed instructions.
So here is my project now (and I am wondering if anyone ever done it). Did anyone add the missing lower tonewheels and pickups on these organs (frequencies 14-17 on L-100 and others with 13 bass pedals, frequencies 13 to 17 for M-1, M-2, M-3). I don't want any form of octave divider or inboard solid state. I prefer the hard way and go with the real thing.
I am planning to add an additional drawbar, busbar and contacts on lower to have a sub-fundamental. I have already ordered the necessary stuff for this from Alan too.
My questions are :
1. Do you have a link for spare generator parts (4 teeth tonewheels, frequencies 18 to 24 or tonewheels pairs (frequency 6-18, 7-19, 8-20, 9-21, 10-22, 11-23, 12-24)
pickups assembly including magnetic polepiece (frequency 18 to 24, ideally). Maybe you can do my day and you have these laying around.
2. If I am not able to find parts, I will have to make them myself. I have some basic machining skills and I know a good machinist for more complex tasks. Do you have specs for those parts?
-Are all 4 teeth tonewheel identical or they differ slightly from frequency to frequency?
-What is the alloy for the discs (I have read that is mild steel with varnish to prevent corrosion, can you confirm)?
-What is the alloy of magnetic polepiece and do you have a link to buy material like this.
-Do you have specs for pickup coils (dimensions, wire gauge, inductance, resistance). Like tonewheels, do they are identical for all 4 teeth tonewheels?
I just want to know if it is possible to do so, and if I can find parts, it would be easier for me before having to disassemble the generator.
So thank you for your time and have a good day.
Antoine Ruelland
I am new to this forum and for your information, as a french canadian, english is my second language. I will try to do my best.
I recently acquired a first Hammond, a 1966 L-100 for 60$CDN shipped to my 2nd floor apartment. The organ was already in working condition, but I am restoring it completely, upgrading a little... I have already did the full foldback on upper and lower manual with Alan DuBois (mechanic1342) kits from Ebay, which is a great kit with detailed instructions.
So here is my project now (and I am wondering if anyone ever done it). Did anyone add the missing lower tonewheels and pickups on these organs (frequencies 14-17 on L-100 and others with 13 bass pedals, frequencies 13 to 17 for M-1, M-2, M-3). I don't want any form of octave divider or inboard solid state. I prefer the hard way and go with the real thing.
I am planning to add an additional drawbar, busbar and contacts on lower to have a sub-fundamental. I have already ordered the necessary stuff for this from Alan too.
My questions are :
1. Do you have a link for spare generator parts (4 teeth tonewheels, frequencies 18 to 24 or tonewheels pairs (frequency 6-18, 7-19, 8-20, 9-21, 10-22, 11-23, 12-24)
pickups assembly including magnetic polepiece (frequency 18 to 24, ideally). Maybe you can do my day and you have these laying around.
2. If I am not able to find parts, I will have to make them myself. I have some basic machining skills and I know a good machinist for more complex tasks. Do you have specs for those parts?
-Are all 4 teeth tonewheel identical or they differ slightly from frequency to frequency?
-What is the alloy for the discs (I have read that is mild steel with varnish to prevent corrosion, can you confirm)?
-What is the alloy of magnetic polepiece and do you have a link to buy material like this.
-Do you have specs for pickup coils (dimensions, wire gauge, inductance, resistance). Like tonewheels, do they are identical for all 4 teeth tonewheels?
I just want to know if it is possible to do so, and if I can find parts, it would be easier for me before having to disassemble the generator.
So thank you for your time and have a good day.
Antoine Ruelland
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