Hofbauer Organ "Microbox" System
By Hal O'Rourke
Several years ago I know there were some people trying to 'understand' the Hofbauer 'black box' system used on their monkey organs and similar products. Did anyone make any progress? I'm considering buying a used instrument and have heard horror stories about maintainability, availability of factory support, cost of factory repair, and availability of music.
Any assistance or comments by private e-mail would be appreciated.
[ Editor's Note: I'm personally interested in the comments that others
[ might have to make. I know very little about the system. It would
[ be nice to have both a review of what the system is, as viewed by
[ the collector, and also what the system is, as viewed by an electrical
[ engineer or computer programmer. Can a 3rd party make new tunes ?
[ There's enough composers and arrangers here that it would be
[ really interesting. I'd encourage those of you who write to
[ Hal to CC: us on your thoughts.
[
[ Thanks, Jody
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