CNC Punching Machine for Mechanical Organ Music - Project Overview

[robskisEHS]

Count of Luxemburg!

[wc1378]

This is very cool!

[SteamboatWilley]

Fascinating. I wonder if you could get a fairground organ to play Niel Diamond's "beautiful noise" or the theme tune from Thomas the tank engine? I reckon both of these tunes would sound great on a fairgound organ.

[er10b]

@SteamboatWilley yeah - i think so too.

[voxhumanapipe]

Well Nick, we do certainly need to get more people interested....and full marks for that.

At the MOOS meetings the "ageing" membership is always being discussed.

Years ago, when I got interested in organs there was virtually no information on how to do this or how to do that. I overcame all theses problems by trial and error. I now share my hints,tips & wrinkles with fellow enthusiasts. People won't get on board if there is not much data about.

I understand your point on the punch design patent.

[pianolasociety]

well done! Hope you get a "1st" for it!

[fairorgan]

Thanks Adam, I already did, graduating with 1st Class Hons in Summer 2007.

[voxhumanapipe]

Very clever...but not very informative.

[fairorgan]

Thanks for your comments. It's not meant to be an informative video, just one to give a brief overview explaining the project, aimed primarily at an audience who may well have no prior knowledge of what a book-playing mechanical organ actually is. I'm not disclosing the novel punch mechanism design - I give a lot of my secrets away, but not this one!

[musicmachinesuk]

Great video Nick,

Looks like you spent quite abit of time working on it.

Ben

[fairorgan]

Thanks Ben, yes it took me many many hours designing, machining and constructing to achieve the finished result, but it was well worth it.