Hammond model 7182

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I have a Hammond 7182 (Cougar?) and one day (after we moved to a new house) it stopped making music. When I turn it on, the power light is lit, and the rotating drum inside turns, but no sound comes out from either of the keyboards or the built in drum machine. I unplugged some of the connectors and plugged them back in (the plastic white rectangle connectors)but that didn't fix it. I was wondering if there is a fuse somewhere that may be blown.When I opened it up Ididn't see anything that looked like a fuse.</P>


Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.</P>


-Mike</P>

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Re: Hammond model 7182



Hi, Mike-</P>


Welcome to the forum. Hammonds of this vintage are notorious for connector problems. You said that you'd unplugged and re-seated some of the connectors - general advice is to check each and every connector in the organ, especially the inter-board connectors. Another bit of advice is to clean the pins and sockets with ashot of contact cleaner. Look closely at the edge connectors on each board for damaged contacts and remove any oxidation from these with a pencil eraser. Make sure the organ is unplugged before you go poking around inside. I don't see a fuse listed on the power supply or console wiring schematics. Hope this helps!</P>
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John</P>
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Hmm.... new word for the day found in the Hammond Cougar manual "Vibratoable."</P>