[sdiy] 1965 Wurlitzer organ any sdiy value?

[Eric Brombaugh]

Suit & Tie Guy wrote:
> most old pipe organs (unless refurbished by a company like Bedient or 
> something. they will charge you some serious coin for an antique 
> instrument which has been made just as kick-ass as a new one and will 
> take care of the installation and tuning for you)

Wow - never would have though to see Gene Bedient mentioned on this 
list. Years ago I built a 'tuning machine' for him that he used  for a 
while. Basically a highly programmable pitch reference driving the 
timebase on a Heathkit 'scope with a narrow bandpass filter and AGC on 
the Y axis. Select your note (and temperament), octave and C pitch 
(calibrated periodically as temperature shifts), and when the waveform 
stops on the screen the pipe is in tune. The filter is 200 cents wide so 
you can pick out individual pipes in a mixture stop.

> oh yeah .. home organ values.

I knew a family in Cleveland that had an old organ installed in their 
(fairly large) home. That would definitely keep grandma awake at night...

Eric