DIY Oportunity...Schober Recital Organ

[Rory McDonald]

I live within 45minutes of Santa Barbara- If I thought it could have the
basics working
fairly easily, I would donate it to my church (they could maybe use it in
the music room for rehearsing etc).
It sounds like it may be a bigger job than I have the talent/time for,
however.
Rory McDonald

-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus Danielson [mailto:cfmd at swipnet.se]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 11:48 AM
To: patchell at silcom.com
Cc: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
Subject: Re: DIY Oportunity...Schober Recital Organ


From: patchell <patchell at silcom.com>
Subject: DIY Oportunity...Schober Recital Organ
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 16:33:15 -0700

>     OK, here you go...a once in a lifetime opportunity.  For the past
> year or so, my father has been trying to get this thing working again.
> Since he just got out of surgery a week ago after having a cancerous
> bladder removed, he decided he has better things to do with his life and
> wants to just get rid of the thing.  I decided I did not want it myself
> (I also have better things to do with my time).
> 
>     My father acquired this from a friend of his when the friend passed
> away.  It was supposed to go to a church, but it was not working, so it
> was given to my dad in the hopes it could be made working.  That is now
> all out the window.  My dad's friend made a lot of his own modifications
> to the original circuit (which makes it even more difficult to repair).
> 
>     This thing has two 5 octave manuals plus what appears to be a 2 2/3
> octave pedal board.  Everything is in fair to good condition (there are
> some problems with the contacts on the pedal board, from what I have
> been able to see).
> 
>     How much?.....That's the best part...It's FREE!  There is a
> catch....you have to figure out how to get it to your place.  The thing
> weighs in at somewhere between two and three hundred pounds (250
> according to the book).  I have no idea how much freight would cost on
> this sucker.
> 
>     Now, if you live anywhere close to Santa Barbara, California (USA),
> I might be willing to load it up in my pickup truck and transport it
> myself, but I think I will put the limit at about 150 miles on that
> arrangement.
> 
>     So, if you ever wanted to Midi some pedal boards (personally, I
> think this thing is only good for components such as pedals, keyboards,
> switches), now is your chance.
> 
>     If nobody wants this thing, it very well will probably end up in our
> local landfill.

It really seems like a nice thing to have, just check this little webpage:

http://www.users.cloud9.net/~pastark/sorecita.htm

Now, if one is carefull one should be able to get a rather nice MIDI
keyboard
suite out of this, naturally you wire it up to an Hammond organ emulator
module
;D

I am not within 150 miles radius and by the way, I don't have the space...

Cheers,
Magnus