anyone know later Hammond organs?

[I'm Painting Again]

I have a 124-222..and one E and one C note on the bottom tier don't sound..

http://theatreorgans.com/hammond/faq/pi ... 124jm3.jpg

here is a pic of the model..

it a solid state thing..I'm wondering if it's a contact problem or something else..I can't figure out even how to get to the contacts..there seems to be no easy way..

any help would be appreciated..

[wardshorsehead]

it should be a contact, or else every e and c should be out.

to get to the keybeds...

pop the back

pop the top

pull the drum machine out (it's connected via a big molex connector.

you should have decent access to the top manual.

continue further if you need to.

the nice thing, is that almost all connections to the circuit boards are via large molex connectors, meaning you can dissassemble alot of it w/o ahving to solder a thing.

to clean a contact...isopropyl on a swab...or caig contact cleaner.

good luck. those little consoles are fun. i miss mine...the transistor board with all of the notes died. when you pop it open, you'll see how everything is sort of modular and easily removable. and all the circuit boards are pretty well labeled.

frank

[I'm Painting Again]

Thanks Frank..I will try..I've opened it but it looks like the palce where the contacts are is real hard to get to..it does have the modular boards though..

so this is most likely a contact problem..that is good..

another thing is that the volume pedal doesn't function anymore either..it did then when I was cleaning it I may have pulled it up to high and that did something so it wont work anymore..any idea?

[MechaGodzilla]

I have an oddball solid-state Hammond too (not sure of the model #), that I chopped down for gigs. A cool thing I found out about the volume pedal is that when it's disconnected, it doesn't short the sound - rather it sticks open at full-volume.

I'd bet you just pulled a wire loose from the back of the pedal. FWIW, my band just uses a roland volume pedal on the output of it instead, since it's easier to transport that way.

[I'm Painting Again]

I will check that out..that could be it..