I think the answer is probably yes.  First of all, the #68 hole is the smallest
of the three, so if you are going to use a #62 or #64 hole, both will be larger
than the #68.  The #68 is .031", the #64 is .036" and the #62 is .038".  Try the
#64 first.  I think this will work well for you.  The size of the bleed has a
lot to do with how much leakage you have in your pouch leather or any other
leakage path around the pouch.  The bleed provides the air path for the pouch to
recover following the valve closing.  If the bleed is too small and the pouch is
really tight, the repetition rate of the valve will be slow because the valve
will take a lot of time to recover.  If it is too large it will take more time
to close also impacting the valve operation making it sluggish.  It sounds like
you might be having trouble getting bleeds because of PPCo closing.  If
necessary, you can close a too large hole a bit by using a ball ended punch to
slightly compress the edges of the hole closing it a bit.  Use a drill in a pin
vice then to set the new hole diameter.

Bob

--- In wurlitzer105b@yahoogroups.com, "GERALD" <pmcfall@...> wrote:
>
> is it possible to us a #62 or #64 drill drill hole for the bleed in the unit
valve instead of the larger hole?
>

is it possible to us a #62 or #64 drill drill hole for the bleed in the unit
valve instead of the larger hole?

I suggest contacting Mike at Leather Supply House. He is very familiar with the
105 and will put together an order with everything you need.

--- In wurlitzer105b@yahoogroups.com, "johniles@..." <jm-iles@...> wrote:
>
> I am looking for specifications and good sources for leather and pneumatic
cloth for the 105.
>
> Leather for: pressure bellows, vacuum bellows, resovoirs, bass drum beater,
unit valves and packing leather.
>
> Pneumatic cloth for: bass and snare drum beaters and small finger pneumatices
on the valve chest.
>

John,

I uploaded a short PDF file into the Files section (105 Leather)that gives some
information and sources for leather and pneumatic cloth used in the 105.  In
many cases the leather or cloth used in a given application is a matter of
personal preference.  So the specific items I have identified for a given
application is what I used or will use.

There are three sources of leather and pneumatic cloth that I have use over the
years: Leather Supply House, Columbia Organ Leathers, and Organ Supply
Industries.  The URL's for each of their web sites is given in the PDF.  One
note, there have been some recent postings about Leather Supply House which
seems to indicate that there may be some changes or at least a move to part time
operation.  You might call them to touch bases before placing an order. One
additional source is Tandy Leather.  They have local stores and sell leather and
tools mostly for hobby or upholstery applications but are a good source for
large cowhide skins for bellows covering.  Since they have local stores and the
investment for a large skin can be significant, being able to look over a skin
before buying is a plus.

Each of the three companies will send you a book of leather and pneumatic cloth
samples for reference.  These samples are a good resource to have on hand.  In
some cases there may be a small charge of the samples.

Bob Humes

--- In wurlitzer105b@yahoogroups.com, "johniles@..." <jm-iles@...> wrote:
>
> I am looking for specifications and good sources for leather and pneumatic
cloth for the 105.
>
> Leather for: pressure bellows, vacuum bellows, resovoirs, bass drum beater,
unit valves and packing leather.
>
> Pneumatic cloth for: bass and snare drum beaters and small finger pneumatices
on the valve chest.
>

I am looking for specifications and good sources for leather and pneumatic cloth
for the 105.

Leather for: pressure bellows, vacuum bellows, resovoirs, bass drum beater, unit
valves and packing leather.

Pneumatic cloth for: bass and snare drum beaters and small finger pneumatices on
the valve chest.

I love Church Bells-Carillons , Electronic Carillons especially the Maas-Rowe
Ones - I have been wanting to talk to Paul Rowe of Maas-Rowe because of the fact
I have questions about the Maas-Rowe Carillons like being able to Hear the Bell
Peals that a Maas-Rowe Carillon can do other than Westminister chimes, Angelus
Chimes and Funeral Bells Live In Person in Charlotte, North Carolina where I
live, Being able to hear the Angelus Chimes of a Maas-Rowe Carillon Live In
Person in Charlotte North Carolina where I Live, Being able to hear the funeral
Bells of a Maas-Rowe Carillon Live in Person in Charlotte, North Carolina and
know more about the workings of the CD player of a Maas-Rowe Carillon Live in
Person in Charlotte North Carolina I have been having a Hard time with getting
in touch with Paul Rowe of Maas-Rowe to talk to him about this. If you can help
me please email me at

CHANNING28270@...
CHANNING28105@...
CHANNING28270@...
CHANNING28105@...
CHANNING28105@...
CHANCHAN79@...
CHANNING28105@...


Channing

Contact Andy Adams.  He is the 125 guru I think/  Address is
wurlitzer153organrolls@...
.

Hope this helps.

Vic Searle in Tokyo

 
 

Does anyone know where I can find an online catalog of W-125 rolls? I can find W-150 and W-165 roll catalogs fairly easily but can't find a W-125 catalog. I just picked up a bunch of W-125 rolls and some have missing labels. I don't have an organ to play them on either. Example: ROLL # 3268 is a 6-tune roll and has the following handwriting on it: Country & Western, #1 "I Can't Stop Lovin You" #4 "Rambing Rose". I would love to get the complete tune list. Thanks, John

  
    

Does anyone know where I can find an online catalog of W-125 rolls? I can find
W-150 and W-165 roll catalogs fairly easily but can't find a W-125 catalog. I
just picked up a bunch of W-125 rolls and some have missing labels. I don't have
an organ to play them on either. Example: ROLL # 3268 is a 6-tune roll and has
the following handwriting on it: Country & Western, #1 "I Can't Stop Lovin You"
#4 "Rambing Rose". I would love to get the complete tune list. Thanks, John

This is very sad and big shock. Tony was a young man. He and I had conversed about our respective 105 plans for a number of years. He was quite a craftsman. In his own right Tony was a well respected scientest with a PhD in Chemistry working at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He will be greatly missed.
Bob --- In wurlitzer105b@yahoogroups.com, "johniles@..." <jm-iles@...> wrote:

It is with great sorrow that I am reporting the passing of COAA member Tony Beugelsdijk on August 23rd. Tony was a consumate craftsman and had completed about 3/4 of a reproduction Wurlitzer 105. He built all of the parts including the unit valve blocks. My wife and I had the pleasure of visiting Tony and Mary in New Mexico and enjoyed seeing first hand his incredible workmanship. He will be sorely missed!

------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wurlitzer105b/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wurlitzer105b/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:wurlitzer105b-digest@yahoogroups.com mailto:wurlitzer105b-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
wurlitzer105b-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

--
Cheers,
Roger
mailto:rwiegand@...

 

This is very sad and big shock. Tony was a young man. He and I had conversed about our respective 105 plans for a number of years. He was quite a craftsman. In his own right Tony was a well respected scientest with a PhD in Chemistry working at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He will be greatly missed.

Bob

--- In wurlitzer105b@yahoogroups.com, "johniles@..." <jm-iles@...> wrote:
>
> It is with great sorrow that I am reporting the passing of COAA member Tony Beugelsdijk on August 23rd. Tony was a consumate craftsman and had completed about 3/4 of a reproduction Wurlitzer 105. He built all of the parts including the unit valve blocks. My wife and I had the pleasure of visiting Tony and Mary in New Mexico and enjoyed seeing first hand his incredible workmanship. He will be sorely missed!
>

This is very sad and big shock.  Tony was a young man.  He and I had conversed
about our respective 105 plans for a number of years.  He was quite a craftsman.
In his own right Tony was a well respected scientest with a PhD in Chemistry
working at Los Alamos National Laboratory.  He will be greatly missed.

Bob

--- In wurlitzer105b@yahoogroups.com, "johniles@..." <jm-iles@...> wrote:
>
> It is with great sorrow that I am reporting the passing of COAA member Tony
Beugelsdijk on August 23rd. Tony was a consumate craftsman and had completed
about 3/4 of a reproduction Wurlitzer 105. He built all of the parts including
the unit valve blocks. My wife and I had the pleasure of visiting Tony and Mary
in New Mexico and enjoyed seeing first hand his incredible workmanship. He will
be sorely missed!
>

It is with great sorrow that I am reporting the passing of COAA member Tony
Beugelsdijk on August 23rd. Tony was a consumate craftsman and had completed
about 3/4 of a reproduction Wurlitzer 105. He built all of the parts including
the unit valve blocks. My wife and I had the pleasure of visiting Tony and Mary
in New Mexico and enjoyed seeing first hand his incredible workmanship. He will
be sorely missed!

Hi All,
  Lolita (the band organ on the cover page of this site) has been sold to Candy
and Jerry Hawblitz in Kentucky.  The proud new parents  will hopefully be able
to get Lolita to some rally fun in the future.  The pick up date is still to be
set but you all know I will miss Lolita and the happiness she freely supplied
here in Memphis. I will surely be keeping up with this site and maybe I will
build again.

  Cheers, Mark Henderson

Does anybody have Grandpa Spells for a 125 in a midi file?

This will be our first rally and we have already registered. I was wondering if
we will be getting any tickets, info and etc. before the rally? I don't know how
this works. We have our hotel reservations already and our excited about going.

Thanks
Bob Lesko

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Roger Wiegand wrote:

> I'm curious how the programming of such a board is done. Do you send
> some kind of signal that puts the chip into programming mode via the
> MIDI input, or is there a second interface to the board? Is a computer
> program provided that takes a table of notes and channels and does the
> programming? Or is it more like setting DIP switches on the board?
>

As I recall there is a button that puts it in programming mode.  The next
64 Note-on messages it receives are remembered as the Note-on messages
(channel and all) that the board will then  respond to.

I just recently helped install one in an early 125

							 ---john.

--
Cheers,
Roger Wiegand
mailto:rwiegand@...

 

Max:
  I am using the J Omega Electronics  MTP-8   64 note MIDI decoder. It works well, and every note is programmable for note and channel.
Burl Updyke

--- In wurlitzer105b@yahoogroups.com, Mike & Sandy Schoeppner <ms-ss@...> wrote:
>
> >Max Huff wrote:   "I'm always interested in exchanging experiences with other
midi users.
> It doesn't seem like there are that many of us. In fact, the only other
> 105 with midi that I am aware of is in Germany."
>
> There was a 105 reproduction playing from midi (only) at the COAA Rally in
Waynesville this past weekend.   It is under construction by Burl Updyke, and
sounds great despite his not having all the ranks of pipes completed yet.
>
> Mike
>
>
> ---
>
Thanks, Mike.

Burl, if you are monitoring, I would like to make contact to compare notes on
our midi 105's. .

Max
Houston, TX

--- In wurlitzer105b@yahoogroups.com, "matts1971" <matts1971@...> wrote:
>
> Anybody have any 125 midi files they would like to share?
>

I have quite a few that are in the public domain. They are scanned from rolls
and are available free, from the Internet. I don't know if anyone is scanning
165 rolls, but they could be transposed and edited to sound very decent on a
105/125, using GNMIDI.exe.

Of course, many of the really good old and more modern songs have been recently
Re-Arranged and are available at a decent price from the Arrangers. They can
make a 105/125 sound like you've never heard before. Their arrangements are
worth the money.

You can hear some of those Arrangements on my You Tube recordings. Search for
"max9046". I do have to warn that my 105 wasn't always in good tune. It gets a
little better every time I go through it. (Part of the problem was loose
stoppers).

I'm always interested in exchanging experiences with other midi users. It
doesn't seem like there are that many of us. In fact, the only other 105 with
midi that I am aware of is in Germany.

Best Regards,

Max Huff
Houston, TX

Max

Anybody have any 125 midi files they would like to share?

Check out the photo album. I will take offers on or off eBay. Call or Email me
with offer.

Hey Group,
I am  selling My Lolita 105 on EBay. I am thinking of ways to make Grad School 
affordable.  The organ was just completed in 2006 and  gets use mostly  around
Christmas. The rest of the year she stays displayed in the dining room and sings
for visitors and us . She yearns to go to Rallys ,but has never had the chance
to really show her stuff. I have 25 rolls , three of which are christmas rolls,
the rest, skating, Carousel, and European style which she Really enjoys which
are included in the sale. I'm asking $15,000.00 or best offer. I will consider
offers. She is the beautiful organ on the Cover page of this site and there is a
photo album of her in the photo section here also.

  Call me if you have any Questions. (901)691-5446