[sdiy] DIY 32-note pedal-boards

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Sunday 21 October 2007 22:30, bayne d'artagnan wrote:
> Back on topic. I'm still looking for a good discussion about organ
> tech. At what point do transistor flip flops kick in, when did they
> give way to divide down chips, and then again to a sound canvas in a
> wooden box. I imagine the latest organs are worth just about nothing
> as parts whereas some from the seventies might be a great source.

I started working on organs in 1975,  and did so in both the NYC metro area 
and in south central PA for a number of years,  probably a decade or so.

What did you want to know?

I can't speak much as to the specific timings of what came in when.  I no 
longer have most of the service data I used to have back then.

There were ones that used dividers,  and others that used a great many 
oscillators instead,  because of the difference in the sound quality you 
ended up with.  Some had more traditional approaches to things,  others had 
more gadgets and gimmicks.  Worst I ever saw wasn't even wood,  but mostly 
*plastic* in terms of the case,  etc.

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