Truck load of Vintage Jensens

Captain Scary

Captain Scary

On Island Time
First let me introduce my newbie self to all of the enablers here on AK.

My names Barry and I'm an audiophool.

Have been reluctant to post much as I haven't been able to post pics.

Well I bit the bullit and parked the F-3HP for a digital cam so
I can share some of my audio treasures.

I have to really beat the bushes hard up here in Maine to
find vintage gear to fuel my obsession.

The scarcity of stuff and a low to no budget make the hunt
all the more interesting and I am having a blast.

Haved loved music since my first little monkeywards radio
at 4 years old(1959)

Lusted after all the wonderful audio gear in the 60s & 70s
and now have some of it to enjoy.

The wealth of knowledge here on AK is mindboggling and the
members are the best part of it all.

Great community of guys and gals that really brighten up ones day,Thanks.

Thought I would share a pic of some Allen Gyrophonic organ speakers
I picked up this weekend.

They are full of Jensens and tube amps.

6 15" C15Ns
8 12" C12Rs
4 RP-201 horns
6 RP-302 tweeters

Happy Holidays,
Barry
 

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Who, what, where, when, and why ?????:D . Awesome.

I especially like those triangular mounted woofers that look like they rotate with the electric motor and pulley..........that IS what they do, correct??

Looks like you're ready for a major outdoor party. Is all that home built stuff, or is there a brand name attached to them ??

Can you imagine those puppies crankin in the basement. :thmbsp:
 
Pay it forward...

Welcome Barry! Everytime I read a story about a person's first memories of audio, I smile. Same here :yes: That is a very nice collection of Jensens. Funny, back in the late 70's-early 80's, Jensen Triaxial caraudio speakers were the only thing I knew about that legendary brand. I now know they go back much further and made some amazing speakers. They must sound sweet. Happy Holidays, Steve G.
 
Hi kencat,
you are correct about the rotating speakers,variable speed
and there are RP-302 tweets mounted between the woofs.

They are made by Allen organ co.

I am still rearranging to make space for a testrun.
Should fill up the audio cave with tunes.

Thanks for the welcome gonzo.

Barry
 

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one of the tube amps

There are three of these powering the 24 speakers.
The Allen tag on the cabinet says 300 watts but
not sure what each amp puts out.

Not too tube savvy yet but learning as most of my speakers are tube era
and would love to hear them as they were designed.
Will be fun anyway.

Barry
 

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Captain Scary said:
There are three of these powering the 24 speakers.
The Allen tag on the cabinet says 300 watts but
not sure what each amp puts out.
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I would guess somewhere in the range of 40 to 60 watts per amplifier based on the tubes. The transformers look very nice. If you plan on firing them up you'll definitely want to replace the coupling capacitors and bring them up slowly on a Variac as the electrolytics are either going to be bad or need some re-forming. Even if you don't use them in their present form, the transformers and choke would be a very nice starting point for a DIY tube amp.

One thing that is kind of puzzling, there isn't an obvious rectifier on the amplifier chassis, but the adjacent box has some selenium stacks. These may be for some other function of the organ, perhaps the motor on the rotating speaker. If there isn't a rectifier under the chassis, the adjacent box may be needed to get the amplifier to work. The selenium rectifiers with square fins on the auxiliary chassis (and possibly under the chassis on the main amplifier) are prone to failure and should be replaced with silicon diodes.
 
Wow -- that's a really cool setup. Bet it'll sound wonderful; would be a pretty excellent rig to have. Seems like there's plenty to be beat out of the bushes over there in Maine! :thmbsp: Would probably just cr*p myself if I ran across a pile of speakers and amps like that.
 
First welcome!

Second the speakers are nice, but the Allen amps are you gold in that pile of stuff. With a few modifications those amps are supposed to be really special.
Our own doucanoe has a set waiting for recap and mods and I can't wait to hear them.
 
Welcome to AK Barry, Ejfud made mention of your find so I had to come take a look. WoW! anytime you need a flatbed truck to pick up the goods you usually did pretty good or are at least going to have some fun. In this case, you did very good IMO, great find!

The amps are Allen #75's and you found three on one shot. Im gathering the cashola go get my pair re-built properly and I am pretty excited about it. Those are @75 w/ch 6550 tube mono's and with slight modification will be ready for audio use. All those Jensens can be put to good use also as Im sure you know.

RC
 
Welcome aboard, if that truckload is what you call a scarcity you really need to drop in to our neck of the woods, nada.

Rob
 
Thanks all for the welcome and info

I will definitely be using the variarc on these.
Pastor at the church said they have been trying to get rid of them for 2 years since they got new equipment.

Yeah the flatbed is very handy but have only needed it one other time for an an audio score,but that's another thread.

duocanoe-I was very excited when I read that you had put together a pair but never dreamed there would be any in my near future.

There is an old school tech that loves tube gear local to me so he will be checking them out and correcting any problems.

I will be anxiously be watching for an update on impressions of yours when you get them online.

I indeed have some ideas for those Jensens,prolly put some in the empty
Heathkit Legato cabs I have as replacing the original Altecs
is beyond my reach at this time.

And thanks for the heads up on those in Ontario but the $50 I
spent on gas to go pick these up almost broke the bank for the week.

Oh yeah,all you guys It's all your fault Thanks!
Barry
 

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I work in a theater and on occasion we have had a few Allen Organs in here, like when the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was here, and those organ could really vibrate the building. I was always impressed. They had a tech travel with them to set it up. Have fun with your truckload.
 
refridgerator-sized Gyrophonics

Hi, I just read the original post (albeit 3 years late) and wanted to mention that I was approached by a local church's music minister about a pair of 'Leslies' in the attic. Well, they weren't Leslies, but Allens. Big ones. Three 12" woofers and 3 tweeters on a spinning disc with two 15"'s underneath. The church would like them sold and removed. I'd have to hire a mover to get them down the stairs, but is it worth the trouble? There's no real information about the Gyrophonic Projectors on the net. Nothing like the Leslie cult. And... and this is the bummer... they're solid-state. I really was hoping for tubes. I guess I can always gut them and build a couple of 75 mono-blocks. Anyway, any thoughts on this?

Larry (Mr. Gryophonic)
 
Nice score....by the truck load no less!!
You should have driven over to one of those car stereo shootouts.......THAT could have had them crappin' trousers!!

Steve
 
In recent years, a lot of Allen components were actually made by Allen. Allen was the one big organ company that never really did the "Leslie" thing. Their gyrophonic system accomplished the same task, and was one of the few that didn't infringe on Leslie's patents. And while Allen used Jensens on early organs and on some later large speaker systems, most of their post 1970 speaker systems have Allen drivers. These are quite good for their application, but have none of the demand of the Jensens. Unless you find a buyer who has an Allen organ, they often sell for next to nothing.

The solid state amps are similar. They are quite reasonable, but most don't have the name recognition and therefor don't have any demand.
 
You will need a very big room for them, I am running one hammond tone cab in a 13X13 room and it can drive you out with 50 watt's and 2 15 inch and 2 12 inch speakers, and when I get the other working I will need to move them to the new man cave I am setting up on the back porch, 15X20 feet.
 
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