Hi -- For "small" scales, I have sent a list to the MMD long
ago, "Small Organ Scales for the Noteur". It resides at
http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Sounds/mueller3.html
Maybe extending this or a similar list would be possible.
(For reasons I don't know, it is in section "Sounds" -- not where
I'd look for it; but be that as it may...)
[ I placed it in the "Sounds" section because this is where the
[ discussions about arranging the music -- the art of the noteur --
[ are found. After the information is expanded to encompass all the
[ mechanical parameters, I think the data should be transferred to
[ the MMDigest "Tech" page.
(Also, the images are reduced in size, so that they are quite illegible,
at least in my browser. Couldn't they be shown in full size?)
[ The web pages of the MMD web site are created for display with
[ (primitive) VGA format, 480 x 640 pixels, and so big original
[ images are reduced by the web browser program at the computer.
[ With some web browsers you can <right click> "View Image Full
[ Size" or similar. -- Robbie
By the way, for reasons I do not understand, all "scale definitions"
(also e.g. Jüttemann and all the ones cited in Christofer Nöring's
posting) do not define one of the arguably most important measurements
of a scale for an arranger, namely the "minimum repetition distance."
This is the distance such that a pipe (or drum or key) will reliably
sound twice. Without knowing this distance (to be around 4.2 mm on
well-kept 20ers), I'd never have been able to write arrangements for
Elvis Presley songs. Especially for drums, these distances are often
quite long: "10 holes" distance or even more on some Bruders, I have
heard.
Regards
Harald Müller
[ Organ valves know nothing about distance; they react to the
[ 'on' and 'off' time durations. To compute the minimum 'off time'
[ between repeated notes or drum beats, we need to know the speed
[ of the paper or cardboard moving across the reader (tracker bar).
[
[ Wolfgang Brommer told me the paper of 20er music rolls, pulled
[ at constant speed by a capstan, typically moves at 60 to 70 mm
[ per second. 70/4.2 = 16.7 notes per second. That's speedy!
[ -- Robbie
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