Are there enough parts available to complete a Wurlitzer 105 Band Organ? I have been interested in starting a band organ for some time, but I'm afraid I may...
Hi John, Indeed the parts are still available. I studied the plans for some time and also realized that there were a couple of key items that would be show...
I am building a MIDI version of a Wurlitzer 104/105. After a year and a half, It has reached the point where it is playing using the melody stopped flutes,...
Burl, As to your drums, I purchased a used snare and base in a pawn/music shop for my 105. The snare is chrome, a Ludwig, cost was 45.00 about 6 years ago. My ...
... Dear Tony; Thank you for your reply. After reading that some places like the 'Piano Player Company' have gone out of business, I was getting a little...
i seem to be having trouble getting the hi c and b pipes to speak at the higher notes.. 2400 is as high as i have been able to get the pipe c to speak any...
Hi Les, A few things to check: First of all, make sure that the adjustment slide is not blocking the nodal hole from the inside as you tune to higher...
thanks bob .. i ll look it over again. i have wondered if Stanoszek measurements for the b and c pipes are off. i do have randy's disk and i ll look at that ...
I have a PPCo #917 single stroke beater that has developed a leak and needs repair on the cloth covering the pneumatic for my band organ. I plan on recovering...
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For a temporary fix, my vote goes to "Gorilla Tape", found at Home Depot. It held the cloth on my Pressure Pump Reservoir for six months till I got it ...
well... I ve done pretty well so far in making flaggolets but this time the hi c is giving me a very hard time. I can get to 34/3500 cps and then i loose it.....
Hey Les check with William Klinger I think he is on this list. He has the brass trumpets made and they are a very good price not as bad as you think I'll bet. ...
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Hi gang, I have one set of 15 bent resonators left in stock. ($650 + postage) I have a few of the prototype 7-1/2" trombone bells. These are the bell and...
Does anyone have any recommendations on useful tuners for voicing new pipes? I am talking about any reasonably priced device which produces the tone that needs...
You can get the conversion between MHz and note name a lot of places on the web. Just google it. I don't think you really need it though. Modern scales are...
Hi Michael, Over the years this issue has come up in the Mechanical Music Digest (MMD) concerning both what is ment by tuning the organ one note lower and...
I also have a small Korg Tuner. I just set it to A=440 and then made up a chart showing the pipe markings versus the desired note; i.e. C=A#, B=A, etc. That...
Hi, Max. I'm not sure about the band organs, but theatre organs ran on about 10" wind, as a base pressure. Some were higher, some were lower, but most were...
Max;  It seemed like the voicer for these band organs mostly used the pressures that the bellows ended up putting out to voice and tune the pipes to. This...
... pressures that the bellows ended up putting out to voice and tune the pipes to. This was done to get the organs out. Most 105's were in the 7" - 8"...
Hi Bob: When I went up from 7 to 9". it was due to (1) recovering the Reservoir, and (2) replacing a weak (Original) Spring. After that, all 4 springs seemed...
I don't believe you mean MgHz. That's one million cycles (hertz). Showing my age. It's still cycles to me. That's a radio transmission frequency. Drop the...
Michael, ... Why would you need to hear the tone, what is wrong with the Korg? The whole idea about a tuner is that it tells you what note (plus deviations in...
i use a fluke meter you can get at fryes electronics and a surplus hp audio oscillator i bought for 50 bucks at elecrtonics surplus store. the fluke i have...
Hello All, I also use the Korg hand held unit - it works very well for tuning. It not only shows the note you are sounding but also how much above or below...
Tom: When I increased my pressure to 9", I was trying to deal with the same problem of having enough wind to handle the big chords. At 9", I do not have that...
Hi Russ, The organ work is suffering because we are still trying to clean up all the tree damage from an ice storm at the end of January. So far, we have...
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