[sdiy] Harvesting Organs

[Ken Stone]

Read all about it here -
http://www.cgs.synth.net/organ/index.html

Simply put, the sucker is primitive technology and is practically worthless.
>From a Lowrey there isn't much in the way of electronic components that are
salvagable. The resistors and electros are to be avoided. The caps are
frequently of a type best avoided too - tinfoil and lunchwrap construction
that has a habbit of going "toilet roll".

Ken

>Yeah it's a project any way you look at it, which I don't really need at the
>moment - but I just felt guilty trashing it.  I even tried posting it to the
>Freecycle web pages and one person responded bun then didn;t come through.
>I think most people only want stuff like this if someone else has to do the
>hauling - and this sucker is *heavy*!  But if anyone is in northeast PA or
>knows anybody who is and who might be interested, feel free to drop me a
>line!
>
>Dave
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Weigel" <sounddoctorin at imt.net>
>To: "DSL FODA01" <foda01 at epix.net>
>Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:20 PM
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Harvesting Organs
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>> I've done it a few times.   Some of the parts are expensive if you have
>> to buy them.  But so low demand that nobody is looking for them pretty
>> much.  And then there are usually a few things like a reverb tank (often
>> built by beautiful women in Milton, WI under controlled atmosphere
>> conditions!) and some BBD's probably in one like that.  It's a job to
>> break it all down though. -Bob
>>
>> 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?
>> >
>> >Dave
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