PHILICORDA PROJECT

[Rod MPS]

Well I finally got the thing home. We were able to sell the road case for a good price that paid for a chunk of gas on the trip. The first step was to open it up in the drive-way and blow the dust bunnies out of it.


After taking it into the house I discovered why they were getting no sound out of it. The internal speakers had been disconnected and a 1/4 inch jack had been wired in to replace the original DIN output connector. When this was plugged in to an external amplifier I was very happy to discover that it put out a sound.


I spent most of Sunday cleaning the keys and the exterior. This organ has toured and it has been beaten and abused. However, all of the keys work on the two keyboards. The built in reverb, bass pedals, and percussion section do not work as yet.

[Rod MPS]

I have been away for the better part of two weeks and then spent a week catching up at work. yesterday I got the Philicorda out of the living room and shoehorned into the studio.

One sad thing to discover is that the bass pedals are all more broken than they appered. I knew the treads were mostly all busted off, but there is a part that pushes up on the switch mechanism that are mostly all broken off as well. I think that it will be impossible to repair and my only hope is to find a spare set of pedals that can be swapped out.

I really love the way this organ sounds. I just wish that it had not been so abused as a child.

The Panther is now behind my V-drums...



The Philicorda is over on the synth wall with a Sequential 6Trak riding piggy-back.

[Rod MPS]

BTW,
The stand that the Panther is on is an On Stage platform stand. The legs fold up under the platform. You can adjust how wide it is and the legs adjust for height. It looks pretty retro and I got it for $40.00 on sale at Musician's Friend. You can find them for close to that on Ebay.

It's a good solution for what to do about missing combo organ legs. It's very sturdy. Holds a Jupiter 4 without any groaning.

[Franz]

I have one of those stands too. They're top drawer, really! The problem with most stands, is that there isn't any space underneath them for pedals, or the players' legs. That stand is perfect and folds up quick.