The Flapper Medley on Allen MOS1

This is the Bone Doctor playing a Mighty Allen MOS1 Classical Organ at a church in Rosemond, California. Songs in the Medley include Daisy, Good Ole Summertime, and Let Me Call You Sweetheart. This Medley is dedicated to my wonderful lady friend, Erika Laur of Stockholm, Sweden.

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Music

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• Organ
• Classical
• Allen
• MOS1
• Bone
• Doctor
• Walnut
• Hill

[elaur73]

Wonderful! Love it!

[slowdog294]

Thank you for listening, m'Lady.

[Zylstra555]

I just wanted to say, our church just got our Allen MOS1 organ this morning, and it is fantastic! I absolutely love it.

[paulj0557]

@Zylstra555 Just replace all of the can-capacitors. If you feel a little more trusting in your abilities you can either rebuild an old can-capacitor by removing the cover underneath and solder into it the equivalent values ( typically 2-4 different values in one can) of individual capacitors. Then just replace the bottom. Each + goes to the symbol impregnated in the base and you match indv. replacement w/ the rating on side. All -'s are grounds and you hook to can itself. I install indv. in chas

[paulj0557]

@Zylstra555 Oh' don't let the capacitors on a Hammond ( especially! not many) worry you. You don't have to be an electronics wizard to put in new can-capacitors. Buy a soldering iron, solder, a solder sucker/or copper solder braid ( w/ solder braid you heat up the braid over the existing old solder with your iron and as heats it wicks up into the braid. Once removed any part just lifts out.) Get a replacement capacitor and solder it into place and you are done. That easy!

Orgatron's pre-46Wurli

[Zylstra555]

@paulj0557 I haven't heard an Orgatron, but I have heard the Electrostatic Wurtlizer Reed Organs and I thin they are amazing! One came up on Craigslist for free about a half-year ago, unfortunately it had been left on after the previous owners death and became unplayable without a great deal of work. The voicing on Wurtlizer electrostatics allowed for true harmonics to come across, giving a realistic and pleasant sound. Our Hammond is starting to have cap issues, not good at all.

[paulj0557]

@Zylstra555 It depends on the tone you are after and the reliability factor certainly plays into it. I prefer the Wurlitzer electrostatic reed organs - I have a Series 31 Orgatron from 1946 and a 4410 spinet from 56'. These are both very warm & reliable too. Tone is generated from strategic placement of pick-ups around the reeds a wide variety of voicing can be achieved. Watch> WurliTzer 4602 - Cap hunt: Part 2 Playing & In Dulci Jubilo on the WurliTzer. Google - Wurlitzer 4600 Series Organs

[Zylstra555]

@paulj0557 Actually, there is one single rank (the celeste) that uses older non-digital technology. Of course, this isn't an essential part, and it made perfect sense to go this route since transistor tech did what it needed to do for that single purpose just fine.

We may be getting one of these for our church soon, I'm trying to decide if it is a good idea or not -- certainly better than the Hammond.

[paulj0557]

For those folks that don't know, there is some very interesting history behind the first digital organ, of which Allen was the maker. I found a record about 12 years ago that said Allen Digital Organ. I looked at it thinking, '' Wow, I bet it has some 'and,nand, or, nor' gates switching ranks or something and they're calling it 'Digital' ''. Actually, no it was a fully digital organ! No oscillators as was known up to that point, and certainly something so unique that it had no competition.

[CantorNikolaos]

That looks like an Allen ADC or MDS model.

I love how you got that theater organ sound! Way to go!

[judyesther]

Very nice. I like it. Beautifully playd!5*

[Brolin123456789]

You are great