Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
:

I got a whole warehouse (Dry Storage) full of Boat Anchor Marine
Electronics.....


One of my ham friends, the finest guy you'd ever encounter, has a little
"collector fetish", too. He collects military stuff he finds interesting.
I haven't been in his living room in 15 years, since the little path
between the piles filled in. It's right up to the living room ceiling,
just like the SeaLand containers and huge storage barn in his back yard....

When I need hard-to-find parts to fix old organs, especially ICs, I know
who to ask before internet....(c;

"Larry"----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry"
Newsgroups: rec.boats.electronics
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 4:21 PM
Subject: loran questions


SNIP..

When I need hard-to-find parts to fix old organs, especially ICs, I know
who to ask before internet....(c;

Hey Larry,
Thought you might be interested to know that the owner, long since retired,
of my employer, is Rodgers Jenkins, the founder of Rodgers Organ, a
Tektronixs spin off. See www.rodgersmarine.com for a company histroy.
73
Doug K7ABX CTMCS USN (Retired)
wrote in message
...

"Doug" wrote in
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Thought you might be interested to know that the owner, long since
retired, of my employer, is Rodgers Jenkins, the founder of Rodgers
Organ, a Tektronixs spin off. See www.rodgersmarine.com for a company
histroy. 73
Doug K7ABX CTMCS USN (Retired)


That is cool, Doug. There are a few Rodgers around Charleston, left by a
little dealer that started up with way too much stock, way too little
capital and way too few buyers. He left a few of them and I think he's
still coming to service them, but not sure any more. I rarely get to fix
one. Hell, any more I rarely get to fix ANY! The business has gone all
to hell. I've spent this week rebuilding a computer network for a real
estate office, cleaning the internet's excrement off their computers and
making it so copy-protected, damnable Windows XP can be force-fed, even
when it doesn't want to, so they can go about their business, unimpeded
by the billionaire from Redmond....(c;

Rodgers made nice organs, but the prices put them in the ALLEN class
without the lifetime Allen support, which also did in several more
bigshot organ companies. Allen's still got parts for their 1962
model...in stock for shipment, immediately. UNfortunately, they won't
ship them to ME to make the customers happy, trying to force them to get
service from the overloaded dealer's boy at $25 more an hour....

Larry W4CSC ET1...1964-1969...

Larry wrote:
"Doug" wrote in
ink.net:


Thought you might be interested to know that the owner, long since
retired, of my employer, is Rodgers Jenkins, the founder of Rodgers
Organ, a Tektronixs spin off. See www.rodgersmarine.com for a company
histroy. 73
Doug K7ABX CTMCS USN (Retired)



That is cool, Doug. There are a few Rodgers around Charleston, left by a
little dealer that started up with way too much stock, way too little
capital and way too few buyers. He left a few of them and I think he's
still coming to service them, but not sure any more. I rarely get to fix
one. Hell, any more I rarely get to fix ANY! The business has gone all
to hell. I've spent this week rebuilding a computer network for a real
estate office, cleaning the internet's excrement off their computers and
making it so copy-protected, damnable Windows XP can be force-fed, even
when it doesn't want to, so they can go about their business, unimpeded
by the billionaire from Redmond....(c;

Rodgers made nice organs, but the prices put them in the ALLEN class
without the lifetime Allen support, which also did in several more
bigshot organ companies. Allen's still got parts for their 1962
model...in stock for shipment, immediately. UNfortunately, they won't
ship them to ME to make the customers happy, trying to force them to get
service from the overloaded dealer's boy at $25 more an hour....

Larry W4CSC ET1...1964-1969...
But you haven't really lived until you sit in the balcony of a 4000 seat
theatre listening to a beautiful 3/15 Wurlitzer that you just spent 3
years restoring.
krj

krj wrote in news:MA2tf.18280$dZ1.10176
@bignews2.bellsouth.net:

But you haven't really lived until you sit in the balcony of a 4000
seat
theatre listening to a beautiful 3/15 Wurlitzer that you just spent 3
years restoring.
krj


Hugo blew the roof off First Scots Presbyterian Church in 1989. Alan
Ontko was tasked at replacing the old organ with one of his, from his
shop in Charleston. This console:
http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/ga...arolina/charle
ston_firstscottsontko.shtml
(sorry for the wordwrap)
came from England, as did the master control computer back in the 3-
story-high pipe chamber. Some of the bass flutes are so big they were
cut to fit the building, partially laying on their sides on the floor,
then going up the wall.

A mixture of old world pipe organ and modern computers, the console talks
to the computer that selects which pipe to play with a fibre optic cable
that must be less then 5 Km long. It is. The organ is in a loft on the
other end of the sanctuary. I've been INSIDE the organ while it was
playing itself from its midi interface. If the organist is sick or stuck
in traffic...no problemo. Plug 'n Play!...(c;

The sound is amazing. At the dedication, a professional organist from
some of the finest schools in the world played it for the concert. They
have a CD of the event.

The stop buttons you simply touch, they light up. The thing looks like
the master control of the Starship Enterprise when it's operating. Too
bad noone turned it on when they took this picture. It's quite a light
show.

If you enjoy organ music, you must wait until they finish, again,
restoring the Atlantic City Organ:
http://www.acchos.org/
I'm a member. It's the largest Wurlitzer every built. It is so large
the SIX blowers must be put online one-at-a-time to keep from overloading
the auditorium's electric power supply..(c; Look through the website at
the HUGE pipes, a 64' rank, the largest pipes on the planet.

Me, I fix Hammonds....vintage Hammonds. I'm in the South, you know,
where church music isn't classical, it's gospel. Drop by and I'll take
you way out on Wadmalaw Island to an AME church where the people speak
Gullah, not English, the organ is a B-3 with twin Leslies all tubes, and
show you what REAL Christians do on Sunday morning....It's not about
money or power.

Larry wrote:

krj wrote in news:MA2tf.18280$dZ1.10176
@bignews2.bellsouth.net:


But you haven't really lived until you sit in the balcony of a 4000

seat

theatre listening to a beautiful 3/15 Wurlitzer that you just spent 3
years restoring.
krj



Hugo blew the roof off First Scots Presbyterian Church in 1989. Alan
Ontko was tasked at replacing the old organ with one of his, from his
shop in Charleston. This console:
http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/ga...arolina/charle
ston_firstscottsontko.shtml
(sorry for the wordwrap)
came from England, as did the master control computer back in the 3-
story-high pipe chamber. Some of the bass flutes are so big they were
cut to fit the building, partially laying on their sides on the floor,
then going up the wall.

A mixture of old world pipe organ and modern computers, the console talks
to the computer that selects which pipe to play with a fibre optic cable
that must be less then 5 Km long. It is. The organ is in a loft on the
other end of the sanctuary. I've been INSIDE the organ while it was
playing itself from its midi interface. If the organist is sick or stuck
in traffic...no problemo. Plug 'n Play!...(c;

The sound is amazing. At the dedication, a professional organist from
some of the finest schools in the world played it for the concert. They
have a CD of the event.

The stop buttons you simply touch, they light up. The thing looks like
the master control of the Starship Enterprise when it's operating. Too
bad noone turned it on when they took this picture. It's quite a light
show.

If you enjoy organ music, you must wait until they finish, again,
restoring the Atlantic City Organ:
http://www.acchos.org/
I'm a member. It's the largest Wurlitzer every built. It is so large
the SIX blowers must be put online one-at-a-time to keep from overloading
the auditorium's electric power supply..(c; Look through the website at
the HUGE pipes, a 64' rank, the largest pipes on the planet.

Me, I fix Hammonds....vintage Hammonds. I'm in the South, you know,
where church music isn't classical, it's gospel. Drop by and I'll take
you way out on Wadmalaw Island to an AME church where the people speak
Gullah, not English, the organ is a B-3 with twin Leslies all tubes, and
show you what REAL Christians do on Sunday morning....It's not about
money or power.

Sorry Larry, the Atlantic City convention center organ is not a
Wurlitzer. It's a Midmer-Losh. It is closed indefinitely for asbestos
removal. Check http://theatreorgans.com/atlcity/ The largest Wurlitzer
is installed at Pipe Organ Pizza in Mesa, AZ. Although it is made up of
parts from several organs, it still sounds wonderful.
krj

krj wrote in news:8Zbtf.78199$k76.77169
@bignews6.bellsouth.net:

Sorry Larry, the Atlantic City convention center organ is not a
Wurlitzer. It's a Midmer-Losh. It is closed indefinitely for asbestos
removal. Check http://theatreorgans.com/atlcity/ The largest Wurlitzer
is installed at Pipe Organ Pizza in Mesa, AZ. Although it is made up of
parts from several organs, it still sounds wonderful.
krj



Hmm....I'm sorry, too. Just went and read about the asbestos problem. It
will probably doom the organ.

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Larry wrote:
I'm a member. It's the largest Wurlitzer every built. It is so
large the SIX blowers must be put online one-at-a-time to keep from
overloading the auditorium's electric power supply..(c; Look
through the website at the HUGE pipes, a 64' rank, the largest
pipes on the planet.
Me, I fix Hammonds....vintage Hammonds. I'm in the South, you know,
where church music isn't classical, it's gospel. Drop by and I'll
take you way out on Wadmalaw Island to an AME church where the
people speak Gullah, not English, the organ is a B-3 with twin
Leslies all tubes, and show you what REAL Christians do on Sunday
morning....It's not about money or power.
ROckin'! I had an old 1942 (I think) Hammond b-v which I
had converted to a 3. I bought it from a lady played gospel
on SUnday mornings. Bought myself the 147 to go with it,
they were using a homebrew amp/peaker cabinet her husband
built back in the '40's, he was a TV and radio repair guy.
Anyway I loved that piece.
I bought it from her in Des MOines Iowa in 1983. SHe was
moving to one of those assisted living places and couldn't
take her big organ. IT was in cherry condition having never
left her living room, she played one at church with the
lEslies etc. Anyway I gave her four $100 bills for this
thing. Brought a pickup truck with three buddies to move it
since I hadn't built my organ dolly yet. SHe cried when I
threw a couple blankets over it to move it out the door,
because then she figured out that her pride and joy was
going on the road playing rock blues and jazz in clubs bars
etc.
I love those things. GOnna have to settle for their newer
xb models because they're single manual and I can do the
bass pedals wthing with a pedal controller and midi. ONe
120 LB. old fart can't move it by himself. STill I'd like
to put another one of those big bad boys in my studio when I
eventually rebuild it.

73



Richard Webb, nf5b
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