I had an organ service gig today at a church in Lachine. Old Northern Hammond CV, JR-20 tone cabinet near the console and an HR-40 and a beautiful early '63 Leslie 122 in the choir loft.
A chorist had been zapped last week so they called me to check out the installation. This is one of the first times ever I've seen a sane church hookup! B+ return from the JR-20 located by the console. Signal from the 3H echo kit as well as two wires from a 9V transformer going through a conduit to the choir loft. A project box with a relay triggered mains power to the speakers when the 9V from the console was sensed. No AC or B+ going back and forth. Nice!
Unfortunately the roof had been leaking and the floor in the choir loft was all wet. And the aging speaker cables were not only rotten and cracked--they were also soaked in water. No wonder people were getting zapped! Now to find some replacement 5-pin plugs. Or I can rewire the breakout box to use 6-pin amphenols.
Back to the stoking the HP boilers...
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