Of Organs and Band Organs
By Dan Copeland
First: Hello I'm Edward "Dan" Copeland from Saint Paul, Minnesota. I have been interested "player" things for about as long as I can remember. I have worked as a pipe organ tech, and now service reed organs as a hobbie. My roommate and I have a small collection of various instruments including a small theatre organ (2/9), an Ampico, and a Coinola (piano w/ Mandolin).
I have been thinking about the possibility of adding a band organ roll reader to the organ, and I am wondering what the most common roll for that type of instrument is?
[ Editor's Note: There are many organ roll formats. A couple
[ of them, Moller and Aeolean, have so many holes that they use
[ a 2-row tracker bar. Its tough to get two manuals, pedals,
[ and stops in the narrow format used for band and dance-hall
[ organs. A number of our readers have built custom MIDI interfaces
[ in addition to roll readers...
[
[ Robbie
Also, what sorts of presures are band organs on?
We also have a 2 manual 10 rank Estey reed organ (with pedals), and I am wondering how common these are?
Thank you
Edward "Dan" Copeland |
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