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Two musical instruments donated these "organs"
« on: March 17, 2013, 05:29:46 PM »
Finished up tje restoration on these Allen Model 20a organ amps.

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Re: Two musical instruments donated these "organs"
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2013, 08:54:57 PM »
Great job Scott!

You did a great job with the wire management, component placement and general cleaning of the device.  How do these sound?

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Re: Two musical instruments donated these "organs"
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2013, 09:10:46 PM »
Awesome work.  Let us know how they sound.

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Re: Two musical instruments donated these "organs"
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2013, 06:25:49 AM »
Once I figured out they are internally wired out of phase with one another, they sound great!!

Could not get a solid center image and tried 3 different preamps before realizing the diffuse sound had to be a phase issue.  Since these are mono organ amps, Allen didn't pay close attention to phase when building them.  The transformers on these things are huge.

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Re: Two musical instruments donated these "organs"
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2013, 08:09:49 AM »
I like those, they look great
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Re: Two musical instruments donated these "organs"
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2013, 10:27:46 AM »
They look great! Any idea as to the output?
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Re: Two musical instruments donated these "organs"
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2013, 04:41:02 PM »
As other have said, THEY LOOK GREAT  :)
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Re: Two musical instruments donated these "organs"
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2013, 06:42:00 PM »
Fantastic work, Scott.   I wish I had your skills.

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Re: Two musical instruments donated these "organs"
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2013, 07:56:13 PM »
very cool... slim shaddy approves :police:
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Re: Two musical instruments donated these "organs"
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2013, 01:56:14 PM »
Thanks guys.  My guess is they put out about 20 watts each, hence the model number 20a.  They use two 6L6GC tubes in a push pull arrangement.