[sdiy] New toy

[Ken Stone]

Hi,

>Never heard of this one, but have seen (and repaired) some Hohner "home
>keyboards" from the '70 and '80 that used reeds.
>These didn't have amplification and sounded like accordions.
>One had a second motor that was used for vibrato by opening and closing the
>air input of the blower.

Those sound like "chord organs". We used to have one years ago, though I
have no idea as to the brand. It was the first organ the folks bought,
complete with accordian type chord buttons.

>Hohner also did electric pianos that used reeds (Pianet).
>I don't know what type of pick-up the pianet used.

These were magnetic - a coil per reed. No electronics involved. I used to
have one years ago.

>What are the text (fragments?) on the stops you can't read?

tief
mittel
hoch
scharf


>
>Cheers,
>Theo
>
>
>From: Ken Stone <sasami at blaze.net.au>
>
>> Ever get the feeling you were in a Warner Brothers cartoon? I brought home
>> an old organ from a garage sale Saturday, though when I powered it up I


Cheers,

Ken
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