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Wurlitzer 150 Music Played on 105 Band Organ
By Vic Searle

Dear MMDers,  I have an Internet friend who is building his own band
organ.  I sold him a Wurlitzer 150 roll frame, pneumatic stack and
16 bells.  He has sent me photos of his progress and I was horrified
to see that he has only 14 melody flutes and piccolos (piccoli?).
It seems that he got his plans from Alien Aircraft, supposedly for
a Wurlitzer 150 band organ.

I've built a dozen or so hybrid electronic organs using Wurlitzer
Style 125, 150 and 165 music roll frames but I'm not familiar with
the innards of a Wurlitzer 105 Band Organ, and I'm wondering what will
happen with a Style 150 music roll driving a Style 105 organ with less
than the requisite number of pipes.

My Internet friend has already built the entire chest and most of the
pipes, and it would be a shame to scrap all that and make a new chest.
Any advice you can give will be most appreciated.  Thanks.

Vic Searle in Tokyo


(Message sent Sat 15 Mar 2008, 23:59:06 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  105, 150, Band, Music, Organ, Played, Wurlitzer

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