[sdiy] 1965 Wurlitzer organ any sdiy value?

[Suit & Tie Guy]

On May 25, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Eric Brombaugh wrote:
> Wow - never would have though to see Gene Bedient mentioned on this 
> list.

well quite frankly he was the first american organ builder who came to 
mind. i didn't even know about his organs until i was driving back here 
from Scottsbluff NE and decided to dip down from I-80 into Hebron (eh i 
was just curious what the town was like), i cut east on a state road 
and shot back up another state road to I-80 near Lincoln NE. i passed a 
building that said "Bedient Organ Factory" and thought "crap. it's 
11am. i should stop here."

one of the builders gave me a tour of the factory and showed me how 
tracker systems work etc. they had an organ on the floor which was a 2 
manual tracker they had just rebuilt. it was about 150 years old. he 
even let me play it. i'd never played a tracker before, it was quite an 
interesting experience.
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