Reply With QuoteI would imagine it's similar to building a wall..When you start building a brick wall the first brick you lay is the MOST important one because all of the subsequent bricks are squared up to that first one..Originally Posted by peanut
well I've got the M101 defoamed and am at the stage of putting all the keys back on the manuals,is there a proper way to get all the keys straight?like puting a board or somthing across the keys?
I would imagine it's similar to building a wall..When you start building a brick wall the first brick you lay is the MOST important one because all of the subsequent bricks are squared up to that first one..
1963 Hammond L101"Charlie" ...1962 Hammond L102 Chop "BUCKY" .. Home brewed Leslie....Leslie Model 720 w/540 stationary speaker.
Watch this video at 3:27
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luxvu...hannel&list=UL
Regards
Stuart
Beginner!! Aspiring to a B3, wasted on me but they're a work of art so gotta be done one day!
Hammond M100 with Leslie 145
Hammond B200 with HL822 (cries of traitor! I thought it was a tonewheel, its so heavy!)
Great video, the only thing I have to add is that I like to do all the white keys first.
Actually, one must do the white keys first, as the black keys prevent some white keys from being removed.
If your keys are not aligned upon assembly, my bet is that the springs are not engaged with the posts...the video shows what I am referring to.
Just to make sure there are no issues, I normally keep all the keys in order when I remove them.
I have, however, removed keys and randomly replaced them, and have not seen any alighment problems. I have replaced many keys with replacements from donor organs, and have never seen any misalignment (only color differences). I had an H262 here that required 50 new keys, and not one was out of alignment after assembly.
I don't know if my experience is typical, but it is what it is.
As far as the top alignment, the upstop felt on the front rail aligns the waterfall keys, the keycomb aligns the diving board keys. If felt and keycombs are not grossly bent up, there should be no problems.
In and out alignment is a function of the return spring; if you try bending this, however, you will also change the spring pressure.
Bob
In theory, there is no difference between theory and reality.
In reality, there is.
'54 C-2 & Pair of 122 Leslies
H-324/Series 10 TC
'35 A-1 (Serial# 135) with a 21H
Many other Hammonds
yep great video bobmann,my key re-install went smoothly
When i was swapping keys on my L102 chop i had some issues with certain key channels that caused notes to sound!!! Nothing like yanking out the 10 keys you JUST REPLACED to find the bent one!!!! LOL!!!
1963 Hammond L101"Charlie" ...1962 Hammond L102 Chop "BUCKY" .. Home brewed Leslie....Leslie Model 720 w/540 stationary speaker.
I'm late to the party on account of I had to finish a novel off... sure the case got solved, but dammit, the writer flicked off the more interesting, quirky and more developed secondary chick character, keeping the boring one as the main character's gal. I'm gonna have to write to the guy...When i was swapping keys on my L102 chop i had some issues with certain key channels that caused notes to sound!!! Nothing like yanking out the 10 keys you JUST REPLACED to find the bent one!!!! LOL!!!
Ahem, anyhow. those sounding notes are just because the tab on the channel needs readjusting, easier than taking 'em off again.
As for getting the keys seated nicely... too late now for this, of course.... I find tightening the screw partly then rotating the key slightly left and right a cupla times gets the holes seated on the dimples back there nicely, then ya can tighten it up the rest of the way.
1959 C3 and PR40
1964 M101
1967ish Leslie 122
1975 T500 (modded..chopped, and reassembled!)
DIY 760 FrankenLeslie/rat hideout
1992 Korg 01W/fd
1992 G&L S-500 geetar
1990 Jansen GMF150 amp.
Yamaha electric Harmonium (early 80's?)
Rhodes MkII stage piano - borrowed (Now returned. Now I'm sad.)
And I touched a 1958 M3 once.
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