[sdiy] Harvesting Organs

[Andre Majorel]

On 2007-01-10 12:34 -0500, DSL FODA01 wrote:

> I was wondering what the consensus was about harvesting parts from old
> home organs.  I have in storage an old (1970's?) "Holiday with Genie"
> home organ that I can't seem to give away because nobody wants to
> transport it away.  Before I trash it, is there anything I can
> practically do with organ parts to make something more synth-related?
> I know it does have some sort of rotating speaker thing, two
> keyboards, a cassette deck, but not sure how much works.  Any ideas?

If I still had my SIEL HB 725 (and a lot more spare time than I
do), I would put the electronics into in a 19" rackable box with
a MIDI interface, save the keyboards and pedal board and throw
the cabinet away.

Stripping an organ for parts ? Unless it's for repairing another
organ, I'd look for organ collectors first. There are folks out
there with garages, or even barns, full of old Tek scopes...
There must be the same for old organs.

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