Cody, is there a wind-line as well as a cable bundle entering this console? Hard to tell from this video but it sounds like a wind leak to me. The console shell looks OK and is probably a viable candidate for conversion to solid-state relay, stop action and combination action. (I personally prefer Syndyne components.) Once done there will be NO wind or leather in the console and the connection to the chamber relay (s) will be nothing more than one CAT5 data cable. What organ?
@pmzephyr22 This console is going to replaced eventually. It was built for an entirely different organ and is a hand-me down. The organ is 27 ranks, originally built by Estey in 1925, rebuilt (and mostly replaced) by Fritzsche in 1975. When Fritzsche did the rebuild, they installed an old 1940's or 1950's Moller console instead of building a new one.
And yes a leak, except several leaks, not just one.
@mattsplace85 The console is a Moller console from the late 1940's or early 1950's, it was not built for this organ, it's a hand-me-down. We're *hoping* to replace the console (and possibly the entire organ) sometime in the next few years. The multiple types of stop knobs (there are actually at least three different types) are due to the crumbling and breaking of the original knobs over time. Each time knobs were replaced, they were replaced with different kinds! XD It's a mess...
oohhh...time for an organforum post. LOL
RobtheKappelmeister 1 year ago
Cody, is there a wind-line as well as a cable bundle entering this console? Hard to tell from this video but it sounds like a wind leak to me. The console shell looks OK and is probably a viable candidate for conversion to solid-state relay, stop action and combination action. (I personally prefer Syndyne components.) Once done there will be NO wind or leather in the console and the connection to the chamber relay (s) will be nothing more than one CAT5 data cable. What organ?
pmzephyr22 1 year ago
@pmzephyr22 This console is going to replaced eventually. It was built for an entirely different organ and is a hand-me down. The organ is 27 ranks, originally built by Estey in 1925, rebuilt (and mostly replaced) by Fritzsche in 1975. When Fritzsche did the rebuild, they installed an old 1940's or 1950's Moller console instead of building a new one.
And yes a leak, except several leaks, not just one.
codeman2008 1 year ago
@codeman2008 Just sent you a PM on FB. {:-)
pmzephyr22 1 year ago
Duct tape and bubble gum will fix that.
Branchporter 1 year ago
That is a tad noisy! I've played a few like that over the years.
pzimmer 1 year ago
I don't see a problem. Your organ seems GORGEOUS!!!!!!!
octavebasse8 1 year ago
How old is the console? I also noticed it has two different types of drawknobs.
mattsplace85 1 year ago
@mattsplace85 The console is a Moller console from the late 1940's or early 1950's, it was not built for this organ, it's a hand-me-down. We're *hoping* to replace the console (and possibly the entire organ) sometime in the next few years. The multiple types of stop knobs (there are actually at least three different types) are due to the crumbling and breaking of the original knobs over time. Each time knobs were replaced, they were replaced with different kinds! XD It's a mess...
codeman2008 1 year ago
NO THAT DOES NOT SOUND RIGHT!
danielmkubacki 1 year ago