[sdiy] Harvesting Organs

[Bob Weigel]

Anything all analog that's built well has some redeeming qualities I 
think.  The review I saw was hard on it mostly from the perspective of 
it's lack of control features, noting how they left off certain things 
because 'grandma would have no use for that' :-).   I was just kidding 
around and didn't mean to offend anyone if they really love these 
things.  I haven't heard one for ages and was too immature to recognize 
useful qualities in an instrument at the time.  But I mean anytime we 
look back on old technology there are kind of funny aspects that are 
just a result of the fact that things weren't developed to the point 
where someone had a standard part they could put in that would *do that* 
or whatever.  And so they made do with what they had.  Sometimes great 
music is made by working around the weaknesses of a tool and exploiting 
it's strengths.

My vip345 for instance I mean..has some GLARING weaknesses.  THe 
synthslaulum sounds more like you are skiing down a staircase!  And 
that's really it's only synth feature. :-)  But hey those filters have a 
great quality and it's an excellent key movement.  It's got some good 
voicing adjustment to offer a range of moods within that design. 

-Bob

Ingo Debus wrote:

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> Am 22.01.2007 um 22:05 schrieb Ken Stone:
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>>> This makes me wonder. What about a Philicorda GM 751. - Wouldn't such
>>> a thing be of any use (value) (in it self)?
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>> According to the last one I saw on ebay, yes, it still has value.
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> Perhaps it's just me, but I think the Philicorda is a great little  
> organ. I only know the all-transistor version. I don't know what  
> makes it's sound so pleasant (although a bit cheesy too), perhaps  
> it's because of the filters that use real inductors?
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> And its tuning is very very stable. I once repaired one and it was  
> very well in tune being about 40 years old. It has obviously never  
> been re-tuned since the laquer that secures the cores of the  
> inductors was intact.
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> Ingo
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