How to use Kimball Swinger 400 Organ

[@emilymoline]

Glad you like the organ. I had a kimball swinger 360 for a few years. I now have a kimball z 50 organ that is not working very well. One of these days I will get it working.

[@troycharbonneau8643]

Looks like the same features as my old Temptation. The audio expander when used with the solo flutes, to me sounded a lot like a Solina String Ensemble.

[@The.Foolosopher]

This thing is flipping dope!

[@paulj0557tonehead]

A' COMPANY MINT, all blurred as one. Kimble is how it's pronounced , like thimble, not Kim Ball. You have a decent musical ear. Listen to lots of organ music. The 1930's and 1960's had the best music that sounds great on organs. The Organ Jukebox channel, and -EYE-I made lots of great organ playlists. also > ' Eric Lord Plays in the Style of Jesse Crawford '. To find out any model organ use Jan Giradot's Electronic Organ List. Your Kimball Swinger is about 1975. Be sure to turn an organ on about once a week for 15min to keep the capacitors pliable. Often a newly acquired old organ will play for a few weeks then start failing. It's the rubber seals in the electrolytic capacitors. Liken it to buying a garaged car that has sat undriven for years with dry rotted tires. It will be good for a few hundred miles, but then the tires will start falling apart. Newer organs automatically come on every once in a while in silent mode for this very reason, to prevent such situations. Practice electronic safety if you change out capacitors yourself. NEVER change a bunch at once! Always change two or three then test the organ. Otherwise you'll have no clue which one is bad. The Organ Forum is a great resource for organ questions help.

[@annamurtha]

Is it normal for only certain keys to work depending on what switches are pressed?

[@ICBsTurf]

That's not how mine is

[@robertcoolskarloff]

that's a col organ

[@thepopemichael]

They're not "of value" beyond like $50 I'm trying to sell one, but I'm about to give it away.

[@vipermad358]

They are "of value" to musicians. 😐

[@ICBsTurf]

Considering their age and with the correct consumers, they are worth way more. To non musicians, they probably don't mean anything.