[sdiy] german synth diy meeting 2004

[Ingo Debus]

Am Dienstag, 26.10.04 um 22:11 Uhr schrieb Ken Stone:

>
> Compton used to make one back in the fifties, though it was larger 
> than this
> one. Photos and info are in Richard Dorf's "Electronic Musical 
> Instruments"
> second edition.
>
> Ken
>
>> Anyone here seen an organ with such a tone generator?
>>
>> http://www.analog-synth.de/husen/H05.htm
>>
>> Ingo
>>
>>

Thanks for the hint!! Unfortunately this book seems not to be available 
here, but I googled a bit and found this:
http://www.musicalmuseum.co.uk/compton.html

The tone generator in the second pic looks indeed somewhat similar.

For anyone who is interested:
I brought my old Parie (not Pari) organ to the meeting that I own since 
the late seventies. It's a rather small organ, six drawbars for the 
upper manual and only four for the lower manual. The tone generator 
works capacitively, like the compton one described in the above link.

There are still so many mysteries in that organ:
Why does the manufacturer's name sound so similar to the Italian organ 
manufacturer Pari?
Why did they place the mains transformer into the swell pedal??
And what are those chrome-plated telescopic rods at the back good for???

Any info appreciated.

Ingo