Vintage Synth Repair

I'm looking for info for a Sears Silvertone Organ.
They were made by Thomas Organ Co., but so far,
niether sears or Thomas has been any help.
HELP!!!! ???
Thanks,
        Brian

It's a long shot but try putting on your wish list on ebay.  Be sure to do a search for it and save in case one gets registered for sale.  I found a Roland W50 that way.
 
Sandra Garcia

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From: myown_prod <myown_prod@...>
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            I'm looking for info for a Sears Silvertone Organ.

They were made by Thomas Organ Co., but so far,

niether sears or Thomas has been any help.

HELP!!!! ???

Thanks,

        Brian





    
  

    
    




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Hello:The company that handles older Thomas service manuals and parts is:

Organ Service Corp. (Conn, Kimball, Kimball-Elka, Thomas (older), Lowrey 
(older))
190 East Washington Street
Marengo, IN 47140
800-457-4408 - Phone US
812-365-2207 - Outside US
812-365-2208 - Fax
Email: custsvc@...
Web Page: http://www.organservice.com/

Good luck,
Tim K.

direct link to my Ebay store.
http://www.sonicelectronicmusic.com

>From: "myown_prod" <myown_prod@...>
>Reply-To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
>To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Old Electronic Organs
>Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 11:48:31 -0000
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>I'm looking for info for a Sears Silvertone Organ.
>They were made by Thomas Organ Co., but so far,
>niether sears or Thomas has been any help.
>HELP!!!! ???
>Thanks,
>         Brian
>
>
>
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>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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On Sunday 13 May 2007 07:48, myown_prod wrote:
> I'm looking for info for a Sears Silvertone Organ. They were made by Thomas
> Organ Co., but so far, niether sears or Thomas has been any help.

I worked for a while for a dealer that was handling mostly Thomas organs,  and 
did encounter a few of those while I was doing organ service.  But that was a 
long time ago,  probably around 1979-80 or thereabouts.

Thomas was owned by Whirlpool around the time I stopped,  and had discontinued 
manufacture but still maintained some tech support and parts availability for 
at least a year after that,  maybe longer,  something I can't complain 
about.  :-)

What sort of problems are you having with it?

One thing that comes to mind for me is that a lot of those vintage organs have 
these black electrolytic caps all over the place with one red end -- if you 
find these in there _replace them ALL_!  Often you can see where one has a 
problem because the red stuff on the end will actually have cracks in it.

I don't have service data on any of this stuff any more,  but will be happy to 
help out to the best of my recollections.

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