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Fifty bucks Wurlitzer 200a revival

Started by Tehu, April 21, 2016, 10:15:58 AM

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Tehu

Hi!

I just wan't to share with you this Wurlitzer 200a revival, and i'm so happy with it!

I got this piano for 50$, non working condition (very dangerous i must say), missing 6 reeds. I was my first time working on the mecanical part of a Wurlitzer 200 (a), but I had already own a nice blond 200 ten years ago.

All fuses was blown, the one on the ''electrical terminal'' near the knobs was removed, shorted with kind of lead wire...and actually there was only half of the current going to the pickup bars/amp (weird wiring)






Rhodes Mark 1 Suitcase 88 1977, Wurlitzer 200a, Columbia Elepian 713, Yamaha CP60M, Hohner Clavinet D6, Baldwin CW-8-S, Roland VK9, Roland RS101, Roland SH1000, Teisco S100P, Yamaha SK15, Siel Orchestra 1, Sequential Six Ttak, Sequential Prophet 2002, Behringer VC340, Behringer MS101, MPC2000XL, Roland SBF325, Roland RE-201, Roland MPA100, Leslie 710

Tehu

So I give the electrical aspect to a friend of mine who is really good with vintage stuffs, collector of good old components. He recap 90% of the capacitor/resistance on the amp board and the preamp. He put better spec components than the original design, and he really studied the thing (it was his first, and already made a clone of the preamp/vibrato section). He also remade the wiring more logically, put distance between power and audio wiring.





Rhodes Mark 1 Suitcase 88 1977, Wurlitzer 200a, Columbia Elepian 713, Yamaha CP60M, Hohner Clavinet D6, Baldwin CW-8-S, Roland VK9, Roland RS101, Roland SH1000, Teisco S100P, Yamaha SK15, Siel Orchestra 1, Sequential Six Ttak, Sequential Prophet 2002, Behringer VC340, Behringer MS101, MPC2000XL, Roland SBF325, Roland RE-201, Roland MPA100, Leslie 710

Tehu

On the mechanical side, the Wurly comes with ''homemade'' reeds (pretty bad, not the same thickness). I also find 5 nice NOS wurlitzer reeds (in original bags) to replace the broken ones. So i tuned it, also learn how to make the good shape with the lead. And now, it sound so well, extremely low noise, great for recording!



Here how it sound (Thru analog stereo Chorus, EQ and little analog delay)

https://youtu.be/nQqogmlEqEM
Rhodes Mark 1 Suitcase 88 1977, Wurlitzer 200a, Columbia Elepian 713, Yamaha CP60M, Hohner Clavinet D6, Baldwin CW-8-S, Roland VK9, Roland RS101, Roland SH1000, Teisco S100P, Yamaha SK15, Siel Orchestra 1, Sequential Six Ttak, Sequential Prophet 2002, Behringer VC340, Behringer MS101, MPC2000XL, Roland SBF325, Roland RE-201, Roland MPA100, Leslie 710

funkylaundry

Congratulations!

I don't think I've seen a sub $1000 Wurli posted for sale here in Denmark for years, so $50 is quite impressive!
'72 Fender Rhodes MkI Stage, '73 Wurlitzer 200, '72 Clavinet D6, '75 Hammond B-3, '71 Leslie 147, Hammond X5, Leslie 710, Nord Stage 2 73SW, Moog Sub 37, DSI Mopho X4, DSI Tetra