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Wurlitzer 4500 electronics repairs

The Wurlitzer had a few problems when I got it: the lower keyboard didn't play, half the console lamps didn't light up, and some of the pedals did not play.  The organ also had a bit of a 60 Hz hum.  I've tackled all of these problems!

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Wurlitzer 4500!

Wurlitzer 4500 electronic organ
Wurlitzer 4500

I got a new electronic organ to play with!  This one is a Wurlitzer 4500.  Around the end of 2016 a relative spotted a big, old electronic organ in a local thrift store.  After I checked it out the next day -- to make sure it worked at least a little bit -- the family jumped into action and a couple hours later it was in our living room!  The design dates to the 1960s, and while I can't find a manufacturing date on this particular organ, I think it was made in the 60s as well.  This organ model was one of Wurlitzer's first forays into entirely solid-state electronic organs.  They made a few different models in the 1960s with the same innards, and what I have is a 4520, with a nice curved console.  It has two 61-key manuals, a 25-pedal pedalboard, and about 23 sound-producing stops in total.

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