[sdiy] Tube amplifier question

[Ken Stone]

Well... I had a Hohnerola, and that is rarer - you will find only one
mentioned on the web besides mine, and that was in the siemens lab. I gutted
it to build my current synth into!

Sometimes a classic is beyond help, so recycling it is fine.

Ken

>Heh - I just got an Estey Model 801 (circa 1961) AND the bench for $5.00 at
>a garage sale last weekend.  It is in beautiful physical shape.  It,
>however, no longer produces sounds that could be considered musical (even
>for my brand of music).  It contains thirteen tubes, none of which can be
>bought for less than I paid for the organ.
>
>It's got two 37 note full size keyboard manuals, thirteen bass pedals (all
>of which are just solid as a rock), and a volume pedal that uses a resistive
>material/metal plate configuration I've never seen before.  The tubes and
>parts are coming out, and it's going to be the basis of a pretty nice
>controller.
>
>Sorry if this is heresy...
>
>Cheers,
>Scott
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <WeAreAs1 at aol.com>
>To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:26 PM
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Tube amplifier question
>
>
>>
>> In a message dated 8/11/04 8:05:52 PM, rtellason at blazenet.net writes:
>>
>> << Yet in doing organ work I've seen tubes that were 30 years old or more,
>> and
>>
>> were either only slightly weak or just fine,  which always amazed me. >>
>>
>> Yes, the older tubes do seem to be a bit more solid and reliable, but part
>of
>> the reason for the thing you just mentioned is because people tend to buy
>> their big, fancy organ and play it for a year or two, then they lose
>interest and
>> it just sits in the corner until their kids finally sell it in the
>posthumous
>> estate sale or garage sale!
>>
>> Michael Bacich
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <WeAreAs1 at aol.com>
>To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:26 PM
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Tube amplifier question
>
>
>>
>> In a message dated 8/11/04 8:05:52 PM, rtellason at blazenet.net writes:
>>
>> << Yet in doing organ work I've seen tubes that were 30 years old or more,
>> and
>>
>> were either only slightly weak or just fine,  which always amazed me. >>
>>
>> Yes, the older tubes do seem to be a bit more solid and reliable, but part
>of
>> the reason for the thing you just mentioned is because people tend to buy
>> their big, fancy organ and play it for a year or two, then they lose
>interest and
>> it just sits in the corner until their kids finally sell it in the
>posthumous
>> estate sale or garage sale!
>>
>> Michael Bacich
>
>
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