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Well, I just got my hands on a Conn spinet organ in near-perfect condition. I have no idea what model it is. I know it has a rotary speaker, three reverb tabs, and three tremulants with 2 56-note manuals and 13 pedals. There are two keys on the lower manual that, when I press them, sort of fade in and out. You can hear a little bit of static and whatever stops I have set tend to fade in and out. There is one on the upper manual that does this too, but it works a lot better and doesn't seem to fade as often. I can cover the fading sounds up with the rotary speaker turned on and the reverb effects up, but I don't like to do that. How is this happening? Is it the key or does it have a bad key contact? Is there any way to fix it so it plays? By the way, I got this at the Salvation Army last wek for $40, and clearly somebody cared about it. There isn't' a scratch on it, and it sounds near perfect except for these keys. Thanks for the help.
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Re: Need some help with a Conn spinet please.
Do you have any pictures? What model is this Conn organ? You have dirty contacts that need cleaning. If you turn on the organ each day, and play on the keys it will help do some self cleaning since it needs the electric current to do so, but otherwise you may have to go inside and clean the contacts.</P>
Keep us posted.</P>
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James</P>Baldwin Church Organ Model 48C
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Re: Need some help with a Conn spinet please.
No I don't have pictures. I'm totally blind actually. I don't know how to post them if I had them. HOw can I get to the contacts? I don't want to have to screw the whole thing up just to fix two contacts. I guess you just go into the back of it?Comment
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Re: Need some help with a Conn spinet please.
It is impossible to give you any detailed advice until we know exactly what model you have. There are a lot of them dating from the 1950s to the early 1980s. Can you get someone to take some photos for you and post them on a hosting site like Photobucket, then put the links in a post here?</p>
Getting to key contacts usually involves a fair amount of disassembly, not just going into the back of the organ. Typically, you'll be removing the top of the organ, taking out various bolts or screws and rasing the keyboards up to get at them.</p>
Andy
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