12th Street Rag

[1thehistoryboy]

get a tap dancer he or she may tap good only once

[tydonthil]

Just curious, who makes it?

[powaybob]

@tydonthil I built this myself.

[tydonthil]

What does one of these cost?

[powaybob]

@tydonthil I think I spent about $800 on it.

[The2010SnowDay]

@powaybob Where would get enough magnet valves that cheap for an organ? I've heard that wicks charges $10, and that the lowest is about $3

[powaybob]

@The2010SnowDay

I got them for about $3 each on ebay. New ones are about $5-6 from Organ Supply. Prices add up when you multiply by 61!

[rebeccatcastle]

nice sound! love the tune

[TheRevmack]

I can't help but think of spongebob every time I watch this

[rebeccatcastle]

@TheRevmack pray why? 

[Hiddovanos]

arranged by Tom Meijer

[ssbphotography]

do you actually live in poway?

[powaybob]

@ssbphotography Yes I do.

[anepictree]

Hello Powaybob-is the wind chest on this have a valve system similar to your Universal (without the puffs I guess)?

regards, Peter

[powaybob]

@anepictree Similar, but the valves are electric, one under each pipe. There are no puffs. I describe how it works in a previous comment.

[purplekitteh]

this is the coolest thing i have ever seen/heard xD

[dominich4962]

could u plug ur keyboard in the organ and the organ will play what ever ur playing on ur keyboard???

[powaybob]

Yes, you can do that.

[BayAreaBiker2001]

This is essentially a late 20th-century barrel organ. If there is a MIDI-in port on the organ and a MIDI-out on a keyboard, it could be played like a regular organ as well.

[powaybob]

Yes, I've done that.

[blacksmithe1]

Nice job, wish i could build one!!

[falaqdad15]

Have another Beer, lol!

[dacatholicbandorgan]

Does this have a chromatic scale?

[powaybob]

Yes. It's a full rank of 61 pipes.

[persecutionservant]

How does it play MIDI files!? What a sweet little instrument!

[powaybob]

The MIDI files are played by a PC or I also use an older Yamaha MDF-2 MIDI player. The MIDI signal goes to a Midiator UM-0 that converts the MIDI signal to individual note signals. They activate the magnetic valves under each pipe. There is also a blower supplying wind to the pipes.

[joe22twentytoo]

awesome

[Brandotuomikoski]

Wow that is soo cool!!!!!!