Hello to all. I can never resist a good thing, so when the MBSI
Bulletin published the address of this newsletter I had to sign on. I'm
sure that Mary and I've met many of you local and national events, or
possibly while digging through scrap piles or what have you. A bit of
background ... When Mary and I were in high school we would date by
parking just outside Playland Park in San Antonio next to the Parker
Caroussel with it's Wurlitzer 146 Band Organ cranking away. I loved the
sound so much that I took a summer job "guessing" weight ... located
about 10 feet from the band organ. That was over 40 years (and three
children) ago. After we married we built several organs (much much
work) and restored several. Our current project is a double tracker
Wurlitzer 145B ... one of the last made ... with an interesting
history. We are doing cosmetics and minor mechanical repair. I have
about 130 rolls for the organ but that's not really enough. What I
would really like to do is MIDI-fy the organ by inserting MIDI
controlled leaks in the tracker piping. I have all the computers,
synthesizers and software for composition and just want to be able to
hear marches and the like in the Wurlitzer style that are simply not
available form any of my sources. We'll see how this project goes and
I'll be asking questions as they come up. Bye for now ... Bill Finch.