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...
I have the Korg OT-120 tuner. It costs about $100 new. I don't know if you would consider that reasonably priced or not. It definitely has a "calibration"...
That's the best and most logical explanation I've ever heard for the tuning of a Wurlitzer Band Organ. It plays in the Key of Bb. Why didn't I think of that? ...
Hi, Max. Sounds like you've got a winner, then! Congratulations! These things are LOUD! Band organs tend to be "outdoor organs". That's why I'm building...
Thanks for the posting! You did a great job of explaining, I actually understood your comments (that isn't always the case when it comes to this sort of...
things are good... i got the 'c' to work.. the problem was in the tuning slider.. and i have 5 of the trumpets done too.. i am sure there not as good as...
Hi Bill,  WoW: Those brass pipes are beautiful. How much would a set of 14 be for a 165? Or maybe the 15 set would work.  That ice storm must have...
I have a 20" bass drum that I plan to cut down in width for use on my (reproduction) 105 band organ. Can anyone tell me what the width of an original Wurlitzer...
Hi, The sizes of drums used on Wurlitzer organs vary, even among original intact instruments. The most common drums used featured spring tensioners, these...
Thanks Dana, for the information about Wurlitzer 105 drums. I didn't realize they used 16"diameter bass drums. I had tried for a while to locate an 18" floor...
Hi, Burl. Check eBay. I found an 18" floor tom there earlier in the year, and there were several at that time. They seem to run in cycles, but they can be...
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