Schober Organ Notes No. 55
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resulting from following our advice!
OVERTURE
This issue is going to differ a little from what I had hoped, but due to
some difficulties I had to change content. A correction is in order. E-mail
recipients of this newsletter do not have to be able to receive attachments.
Jack Gildar one of our assistant headmasters who sends out the e-mail version,
sends out text only. If you want the photos, schematics and graphics, you
can get in touch with him, and IF you can receive attachments compatible
with programs that he has, he will send them to you. You can also send
me a SASE and I will mail you the entire issue containing the material
you want to see. This issue has one page of photos of Bob Bainbridge’s
fabulous Robertone MK-8, and one page of schematics for George Reims’ preset
system.
BOB BAINBRIDGES' FABULOUS ROBERTONE MK-8 .
The
attached photos show Bob's neat circuit board construction, a close up
of his keyboard, stop switches and volume controls for each stop, the 
innards
of the organ from the rear, and the organ from the front. Bob sent me quite
a few color photos. I am sorry that I cannot duplicate them all 
and
in color. However you can see how fine the workmanship is! (See “Portrait”
article in ON 53)
PRESET SYSTEM
George Reim writes: "A word about my 'brain child'. It is not completely
mine. A system similar was used in old Conn organs. Anyhow, the thing's
ingenious in the way it works. The first relay latches and unlatches with
every operation. If piston #1 is pressed, the first relay latches and unlatches
quickly. At the same time #1 piston relay latches and stays latched. This
applies to all 12 relays, in any rotation." "Press the cancel piston, and
all relays drop out. With the relays I had, I reserved a separate set of
switch contacts to remove a special set of stop tablets from ground. With
the relays at rest, a ground exists to the stop tablet(s)." 
BACKGROUND SINGING
Joseph K. Dew submitted the following: "From the time of building the Theatre
voiced Recital Organ, I was troubled with background singing noise, and
I could listen to KFI radio by using my body as an antenna!" "By soldering
a ground bus wire to each of the boards to attain an identical ground voltage,
VOILA! I have a beautiful sounding organ with zero background noise. I
also have quit replacing the paper 5 mfd capacitors-one solution solved
all."
CAPACITOR REPLACEMENT
Joseph K. Dew also writes: "My TR-2 power amplifier popped it's circuit
breaker. Replacing the six 1000 mfd capacitors with TWO 3300 mfd 50 volt
units cost $4.40. If I had insisted on 1000 mfd, the price would have been
$7.50 each! These two capacitors were shorter and larger in diameter, but
there is plenty of space for both of them on the top side of the circuit
board. I guess 30 years is long enough to dry out the electrolytic of the
old ones”.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The 40th Annual Home Organ & Keyboard Festival will be held in Monterey,
CA, September 12-15. For information contact: Registrar Judy Laine, PO
Box 1127, Citrus Heights, CA 95611, phone (831) 784-0331. Hurry, last day
of registration is July 7. See the web page http://www.hof.org
EMAIL LISTS
In the past, I have sent out a notice to some of the members, that an email
address list was available to any member who requested it. The results
were fair, but remember, we are "orphans". Schober is out of business,
and only We can help one another. I am going to add the model of Schober
each member has, to help you in finding the right person. I don't have
all of them, but I do have quite a few. Please do not hesitate to request
the email list...it's free! You don't even have to pay postage. Send your
requests to me: Bill Kohrumel bk3@usmo.com
SCHOBER RELATED ITEMS
A Schober Theatre Organ with an especially fine console is offered for
$100 by Paul Putnam, 406 Gentian Rd. St. Augustine, FL 32086-6426, (904)
797-3236.
A Spinet Schober, complete with bench, instructions, amplifier and organ
tester is available. Katherine Finch writes: "...when I was in high school,
my father built a Schober spinet organ, and I have many memories of its
construction...he got as much pleasure from building it as my mother got
playing it...Years ago when my parents moved into an apartment, I claimed
the Schober, mainly for sentimental reasons...I have reached the point
in my life where I would like to pass the organ on to someone who would
appreciate it...It works, but needs some TLC...contact her at 445 Linebrook
Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, (978) 365-0064, kfinch@mediaone.net.
A Consolette II which was completed in '74 and has been in service since
then is available. I am located in northern New Jersey. Included is the
LSS 10AC speaker system with the HF-1 tweeter, the LSL 150 Leslie speaker,
the PRCN-4 percussion, Dynabeat, an extra RV-3A Reverbatape, plenty of
spare transistors, tape loops and other hardware. All original instructions...Unit
has been meticulously maintained. Original cost was $3000, make an offer.
You pick up. Daytime (973) 972-5220 or e-mail: eichenba@umdnj.edu.
Doug Steeves who has a Schober and an Allen organ, is selling his Allen.
For details contact him at: 11 Heather Drive, Moncton, NB E1E1C6, Canada,
(506) 382-7463.
NEEDED
Dave Butterworth is looking for a CONTRA VIOLONE 16 stop tab. His was broken
off. (607) 751-4205, fax (607) 751-6198, email: dave.butterworth@LMCO.com
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