Am I to assume this instrument is already at Hammerwood? As a "one of a kind" it certainly deserves a home there. Yes, it definitely is faithfully reproducing that "theatre" organ sound...
Around 35 years ago, there was a "Pizza and Pipes" resturant I visited as a child, the seating area of which completely surrounded a Wurlitzer theater organ! Words really can't describe that dining experience, as all the mechanicals and pipes were visible behind plexiglas at the table level.
It's arriving tomorrow. I played it over at Percy' home a week or two back before the snow and it will need work on it. I think there is a diagnostic mode which bypasses the beehive suppression circuits and suspect that it's in that mode . . .
It's analogue and has limitations, of which Percy was aware and which he bypassed by a supreme knowledge of registration and the purpose of including each tone as he built it. So it will be a challenge for another organist to pick up . . .
A "toaster", eh? Named for good reason... Grew up around a (Br)"valve" (US)"tube" organ, some flavor of Baldwin as I recall... Sat idle most of the time, a victim of poor-quality components. My first experience with troubleshoot and repair of a staggeringly massive piece of electronics...Four tubes per note, a couple dozen or so in the "stop box" and another half-dozen in the audio PA. Would heat that room completely on a mildly chilly day!
Hi! THANKS! Will amend the title!
latribe 2 years ago
Very nice sound to the organ and nice playing, but, just to point out the medley is a TANGO and not a CHA CHA.
wurli239 2 years ago
Am I to assume this instrument is already at Hammerwood? As a "one of a kind" it certainly deserves a home there. Yes, it definitely is faithfully reproducing that "theatre" organ sound...
Around 35 years ago, there was a "Pizza and Pipes" resturant I visited as a child, the seating area of which completely surrounded a Wurlitzer theater organ! Words really can't describe that dining experience, as all the mechanicals and pipes were visible behind plexiglas at the table level.
kb7dqh 2 years ago
It's arriving tomorrow. I played it over at Percy' home a week or two back before the snow and it will need work on it. I think there is a diagnostic mode which bypasses the beehive suppression circuits and suspect that it's in that mode . . .
It's analogue and has limitations, of which Percy was aware and which he bypassed by a supreme knowledge of registration and the purpose of including each tone as he built it. So it will be a challenge for another organist to pick up . . .
latribe 2 years ago
A "toaster", eh? Named for good reason... Grew up around a (Br)"valve" (US)"tube" organ, some flavor of Baldwin as I recall... Sat idle most of the time, a victim of poor-quality components. My first experience with troubleshoot and repair of a staggeringly massive piece of electronics...Four tubes per note, a couple dozen or so in the "stop box" and another half-dozen in the audio PA. Would heat that room completely on a mildly chilly day!
kb7dqh 2 years ago