In response to John Rotusky's response to my question, the "warehouse
of theater organ pipes" was a little something a certain MMDian
indicated some Theater Organ Society type might know, if it even
existed.  As to the existence of such a place, well that would be a
dream come true and so I figured why not ask?

About the pipe building taking one day for one pipe, that's mainly
what's been deterring me from even thinking about building my own
ranks.  (Hey don't get me wrong, I sounded just as shocked as you when
I heard -1- tiny little violin pipe would take so long.)  What's more
I've heard some new band-organs running on the 165 scale that sound
absolutely (shudder) horrid.  I've spoken to others about this before
and they tell me that the wood used in today's pipes is inferior in
quality to the older woods.

What's your view on that?  These new band-organs I speak of aren't
using theater pipes or parts, but newly built ones.

I've also been told that church organ pipes tend to have a "nasal"
sound which is attributed to the zinc.  I think I know -1- of the -2-
true Wurlitzer-165s you're speaking of.  One of them was built by J.
Verbeeck, right?  Seabreeze Park?  That fire was certainly a tragedy.
I asked someone about Wurlitzer pipes and they eventually stated that
theater organ pipes were generally voiced more closely to their
instrumentation.

I'm off for a little vacation guys.  Maybe I'll drop y'all a letter
in '98   :)

Marc Elbasani