> High!
> 
> Larry Hudson wrote:
> 
>> Yes it is a real three-manual organ.  An uncommon make -- Artisan. 
>> Believe it or not, it was a kit, and I built myself.  It was a two to 
>> three year project, because you could buy it a piece at a time.
> 
> Artisan - never heard of it! But organ kits are familiar to me, as here 
> in Germany, from the 60s to the early 80s they were also pretty common -

It was a pretty small company, located in Pasadena, California -- about 
70 miles from where I live, Ventura.  (Actually, it was Altadena, which 
is "next door" to Pasadena.)

> perhaps you have heard of the German organ kit companies Wersi and Dr. 

> teens - but instead decided to buy me a Commodore 64 rather than a Wersi 
> Orion kit!

I seem to recall hearing the Wersi name, but I'm not familiar with them. 
  As to organs vs computers, after I got the computer bug I've kinda let 
the organ go.  I rarely touch it anymore, and I never was able to play 
very well anyway.  (What's more, right now it's BADLY out of tune.) 
:-(   Still love to listen to them, of course.

My first computer was an Altair (remember them?).  That's the one that 
first really started the PC "revolution".  Of course, they weren't 
called PCs back then.  The Altair was first described in the January 
1975 issue of Popular Electronics magazine.  I got mine around September 
or October that year.  (It had all of 1K of memory!)

>> console was complete, but I did all the electronics and wiring in it. 
>> Unfortunately, this brand is no longer available.  But it _was_ a fun 
>> project.
> 
> 
> With Hammond-like drawbars or more theatre-style?

Definitely theater-style, but with classic-style voicing instead.
Personally, I've always disliked the Hammond drawbar sound.  As I 
mentioned earlier, my main interest is pipe organs, so I only like 
electronic organs that try to simulate pipes.  Hammonds have their own 
unique sound which doesn't appeal to me.  I do like synthesizers though, 
but they're an entirely different class of instrument.  One unsual 
recording I have is the COMPLETE Ravel Bolero on synthesizer. 
Fascinating.  (And somewhat amusing because it ends with synthesized 
audience applause, complete with whistling and such.)   :-)

> As I just mentioned analogue organ fanatics - there exists a forum 
> dedicated to analogue electr(on)ic organs from Hammond's A series to 
> mid-80s semi-digital Technicses and Yamahas: http://www.analogorgel.de - 
> it's mostly German-spoken, but speakers of English are equally welcome, 
> we also have an English sub-forum!
> 
> Perhaps we can meet there and talk organs...

Hmmm...  I might check it out.  Also, I think this thread should be 
moved to the povray off-topic as well.  But so far, I've never bothered 
with reading that group.  Let me know if you want to continue there, and 
I will start looking into the OT group.

> See you in Khyberspace!
> 
> Yadgar
> 
> Now playing: One Vision (Queen)

      -=- Larry -=-

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