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The Wurlitzer Electric Piano / No audio output after hearing a loud pop?

« on: June 20, 2020, 07:04:36 PM »

I was playing my 200a and things sounded good. As I was playing I heard a loud pop and the audio output immediately stopped working. I get no audio to the speakers, headphones or aux out. The power light still lights up when it's turned on.

Any ideas?

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The Wurlitzer Electric Piano / Re: No Output After Taking Apart to Replace a Key?

« on: January 19, 2020, 06:51:14 PM »

Perfect, thank you! That's most likely it. I did some searching but didn't even consider it was an issue with my headphones. I recently got some Beyer headphones and they have a different impedance than my old ones. Thanks again everyone! Hopefully I'm set from here on out for a while!

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The Wurlitzer Electric Piano / Re: No Output After Taking Apart to Replace a Key?

« on: January 19, 2020, 06:04:54 PM »

Looks like that was it!

I soldered the broken wire (the board says C7 Out) and reassembled things and everything's working great! Output is working again and I'm not getting anymore strange grounding issues.

I am noticing that the headphone out sounds pretty distorted and noisy. The aux sounds great when plugged into my DAW but the headphones sound pretty overdriven and crunchy. I'm not sure it it was always like this or not. Any thoughts on this? Could it be related to the issues I've been having?

Thanks again!

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The Wurlitzer Electric Piano / Re: No Output After Taking Apart to Replace a Key?

« on: January 18, 2020, 10:33:23 PM »

Yeah, that's what I think too. It looks like wire that carries the output of the preamp is broken. I'll fix that and then see where I'm at. I still think there's a ground issue somewhere, but it's hard to track down when the audio output is broken anyway.

Thanks again!

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The Wurlitzer Electric Piano / Re: No Output After Taking Apart to Replace a Key?

« on: January 18, 2020, 09:25:19 PM »

After opening this thing back up again, I DID find a small wire that looks like it might be broken. I've attached a picture. The white wire looks like it should perhaps be soldered to the hole that says C7 out. Would this cause me to lose all audio output?

I also believe that there is potentially continuity between the Reed bar and the ground, as described in a response above. Do you think this broken wire could have anything to do with that? I think I might have two separate issues.

Thanks for the help so far!

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The Wurlitzer Electric Piano / Re: No Output After Taking Apart to Replace a Key?

« on: January 07, 2020, 11:20:08 PM »

1-I Don't see any connections that look loose, broken or suspect.

2-Could I have sorted the pickup to the ground? Maybe... What am I looking for here?The ground wire looks pretty much like it was to begin with. But I agree, I think this could be it???

3-I replaced a cracked and finger nail damaged key. The Reed is unchanged.

Thanks for the help so far. Any clarification on the ground short theory would be helpful. I'm not 100% sure what I'm looking for here.

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The Wurlitzer Electric Piano / No Output After Taking Apart to Replace a Key?

« on: January 05, 2020, 05:18:41 PM »

I disassembled my 200A to replace a damaged key. When I put things back together it has no audio. Nothing at the speakers and nothing out the audio outputs. The orange light lights up and everything else seems fine. Any ideas? I barely took anything apart and didn't really touch any electronics so I think it has to be something simple.

Thanks!

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The Wurlitzer Electric Piano / Any good tech in the Seattle area?

« on: July 22, 2019, 05:52:35 PM »

I'm looking for someone who can service a Wurlitzer 200a in the Seattle area. Does anyone know of any tech here?

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The Wurlitzer Electric Piano / Lacking Sustain in the high end

« on: July 21, 2019, 04:07:09 AM »

Hello, I've got a 200a and I've noticed that the top two and a half/three octaves have very little sustain. This is the case with our without using a sustain pedal. The low end rings out beautifully but things above middle c start to get worse. Any ideas on why this might be?

Also, do you have any recommendations on a tech I could use near Seattle? I don't mind having a professional look at it... If I can find one.

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The Wurlitzer Electric Piano / Higher Octaves Have No Sustain

« on: October 08, 2017, 05:28:31 PM »

I just picked up a 200a and the top two octaves have little to no sustain. Do you have any suggestions as to what to look into first? I love these things but I'm very new to rehabbing them. Any tips on what to google/youtube first would be helpful. Most of the search results I've found are about sustain pedals, which is not what I'm after.

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The Wurlitzer Electric Piano / Fix Stripped Leg Plate Screw Holes?

« on: October 08, 2017, 05:22:20 PM »

I just got a 200a and the leg plates are loose on the bottom. It looks like a couple of the holes in the bottom of the case are stripped out. What's the best way to fix this? For less important things I've just used toothpicks and wood glue to help give the screw something to grab. Is there a more effective way to fix this? Thanks!