Complicated procedure on some organs, simple on others. Almost all modern Transistor organs don't require tuning, unless someone has messed with it and changed pitch accidently, or inadvertently. Most newer organs have one tuning slug on the generator pc board, which will align all 12 notes in the temperament, thus assuring that all octaves will be in tune, all the way down into the bass pedals. A 440, 1 octave lower is 220, etc.( not quite !!) E.T. has been done at the manufactures level, and doesn't need to be done manually by tech. Other organs require an adjustment of 12 generators individually. ( strobe, also ) The older units are more complex, and require a fair amount of work. If an organ goes out of tune all over, I would think that a power supply problem has occurred, and that must be addressed. Some organ co.s provided service notes for sequence necessary to effect a proper tuning. Generally, a strobe type tuning device is best suited for tuning organs where only 12 adjustments are required, or some other means to assure that tuning is at A 440, or some other pitch to match an existing piano or other instrument. Pipe organs are a whole different matter and require the attention of a skilled tech. Carl Tim Hoover wrote: > Part 1.1 Type: Plain Text (text/plain) > Encoding: quoted-printable
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