Schober Organ Notes No. 39
OVERTURE
NOW - HERE'S A GREAT IDEA:
One of the most enjoyable developments of my participation in our activities
has been corresponding with folks in our group ... and please believe me
... it is FUN (for me) and has been educational as well! THE DOWN SIDE
is addressing envelopes ... so here's my GREAT idea: I realize that a limited
number of you have the facilities to print-up mailing labels ... but the
vast majority of you do have "RETURN ADDRESS LABELS" that you normally
stick in the upper left hand corner of your envelopes. How about, with
your next letter to me (or even without a letter), you enclose a few of
those labels?
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THEN WHEN I SEND SOMETHING TO YOU - ALL I'D HAVE TO DO IS "LICK
AND STICK-ON" A LABEL! W E L L ... IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA TO ME! *****************************************
THEATRE ORGAN BUFFS
BILL KOHRUMEL, in a recent letter informed me of a DICKENSON THEATER ORGAN
SOCIETY release that presented .. in Bill's words; "a rare opportunity
to hear a theater pipe organ with 2 (pipe organ) consoles and the new electronic
Rodgers 360 theater organ. The artists are Jonas Nordwall, Donna Parker,
and Martin Ellis, who bill themselves as the TRIO CON BRIO". The cassette
set (very reasonably priced) is available from:
DTOS MUSIC SHOP
110 EDJIL DR.
NEWARK, DE 19713-2347
Ph: (302) 368-9736
[It is also on CD!] BILL also suggested I remind T/O folks that a good
deal of George Wright's recordings are available on CD's from BANDA:
BANDA
P.O. BOX 1620
AGOURA HILLS CA
91376-1620
A COUPLE MORE
Bob Krubsack reports a couple of interesting items ... and here are excerpts
from Bob's letter:
1) "In case anyone needs this; I still have the complete assembly instructions
for the Recital .. including Reverbatape, Percussion, Power Supply, Amplifier,
Mixer, and LSS-10 Speaker system. If anyone needs copies they can contact
me at 414-781-5026 or by mail." (See below).
2) "Also there is a program of outstanding organ music on TV. It's mostly
liturgical: Bach, Schubert, Pachabel, etc. It's on the Trinity Network
in some areas. It's called THE JOY OF MUSIC and the organist is Diane Bish
from Coral Gables, Florida."
Here's Bob's address and his HAM call:
MR. ROBERT KRUBSACK
4580 N.159th ST.
BROOKFIELD WI 53005-1050
(HAM CALL: WQ9N).
TECH TALK
HASH ... HASH?
GEORGE REIM posed the question: "Where does the gen. hash come from?" He
answered his question with; "The capacity between the (key-switch) springs
and the buss". With his letter, he included a sample piece of a Schober
keyboard showing the modification he had made to solve that "capacitance"
problem. The modification consisted of #28 wire glued to the PC board next
to each gold buss - behind the key-switch springs. He went on to explain;
"The wires next to the springs form a capacity which leads to ground -
the path of least resistance. When the spring touches the buss, this becomes
the (new) least resistance (path)".
If you're interested in getting more details ... You can contact George
at: 6230 ARCHWOOD LANE ST. LOUIS, MO 63123-1728 Or phone: (314) 352-5292
LEE SUNDSTROM WRITES
Lee, in a recent letter, furnished a sketch showing how easy it is to install
his VOX MODULATOR in a Schober organ. He also wrote; "Putting one of my
Bucket Brigade Tremolos on a Schober involves lifting the output resistor
of each Tibia filter from the filter output bus and running them to a bus
that goes to the input of the B.B. Brigade Tremolo and then feeding the
output of the trem. back into the audio bus or separate amplifier or whatever."
The last sentence of his letter said; "I am sure that any owner of a Schober
who would put both the Vox Mod and a B.B. for the Tibia would have a much
better sounding organ."
If you're interested in particulars, you'll have to get them from Lee:
P.O. BOX 398 CAVE JUNCTION, OR 97523 PHONE: (503) 592-4549
SWAP & SHOP
CONSOLETTE II
DICK THOMPSON says his Consolette is still available and added; "I would
think someone could use the organ for parts if nothing else." AND YES!
DICK IS STILL LOOKING FOR A THEATRE ORGAN! Mr. Richard J. Thompson 403
E. Smith St. Bay City, MI 48706
SINGLE BOARD TG
DAVE GAIRO, in addition to supplying very useful information on how he
added voices to his Schober Theatre Organ, kindly furnished on computer
disk, the following request/item for our newsletter:
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Dave Gairo is looking for the following parts and/or information from the
single-board tone generator kit TRG-6:
1. Integrated Circuit: Schober part # 1750240 Also known as MC50240
or 50240 This is the main frequency divider for the tone generator board.
I would like to get one of the Schober parts or information as to where
(or if) I can get the part from any electronic suppliers.
2. Tuning coil: Schober part # 0323 This is the tuning coil for the
single-board tone generator. Can I substitute a tuning coil from one of
the standard tone generators in place of the 0323?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please contact me by any of the
following methods: Mail address: 1302 Gibson Rd. #73 Bensalem, PA 19020
E-mail address: davidjgairo@unn.unisys.com Work phone (8:00-5:00): 215-986-4898
Home phone (evenings): 215-639-2950
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