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From: Joerg on 29 Dec 2005 16:50 Hello James, > The Wurlitzer down at Roaring 20s Pizza and Pipes > http://www.roaring20spizza.com/ actually plays instruments like horns and > drums. > Thanks! That is one big organ. The 20HP blower motor alone speaks volumes. I wish we had one of these somewhere in California. Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
From: James F. Mayer on 29 Dec 2005 17:12 "Joerg" <notthisjoergsch(a)removethispacbell.net> wrote in message news:TSYsf.42098$q%.10672(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... > Hello James, > >> The Wurlitzer down at Roaring 20s Pizza and Pipes >> http://www.roaring20spizza.com/ actually plays instruments like horns and >> drums. > > Thanks! That is one big organ. It is built into the whole building. The 20HP blower motor alone speaks > volumes. I wish we had one of these somewhere in California. > It was in the Paramont Theater in Oakland California back in 1932. > Regards, Joerg > > http://www.analogconsultants.com
From: Rich Grise on 29 Dec 2005 19:20 On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:12:04 +0000, James F. Mayer wrote: > "Joerg" <notthisjoergsch(a)removethispacbell.net> wrote in message > news:TSYsf.42098$q%.10672(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... >> Hello James, >> >>> The Wurlitzer down at Roaring 20s Pizza and Pipes >>> http://www.roaring20spizza.com/ actually plays instruments like horns and >>> drums. >> >> Thanks! That is one big organ. > > It is built into the whole building. > > The 20HP blower motor alone speaks >> volumes. I wish we had one of these somewhere in California. > > It was in the Paramont Theater in Oakland California back in 1932. "Installed in 1931 at a price of $20,000 this Mighty Wurlitzer enjoyed only a brief period of glory before the theatre closed in 1932. By the late 1950's, the organ was sold and placed in storage." -- http://www.roaring20spizza.com/history.htm But, wasn't $20K in 1931 dollars equivalent to about two mil nowadays? =:-O Thanks, Rich
From: John Fields on 15 Jan 2006 17:25 On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:29:14 -0600, clifto <clifto(a)clifto.com> wrote: >Rich Grise, but drunk wrote: >> "... Accurate imitation of the Hammond sound with simple electronic >> circuitry was difficult, because the subtly-changing phase relationships >> between tonewheels could not be easily replicated...." >> >> OK, fair enough. :-) >> >> I guess a piano is even harder - they don't even reproduce well from a >> live recording! :-) > >I heard a decently accurate electronic piano sound long before I heard >anything remotely resembling the timber of a B3. --- Oak, was it, or maple? -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: clifto on 16 Jan 2006 01:22
John Fields wrote: > On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:29:14 -0600, clifto <clifto(a)clifto.com> > wrote: >>Rich Grise, but drunk wrote: >>> "... Accurate imitation of the Hammond sound with simple electronic >>> circuitry was difficult, because the subtly-changing phase relationships >>> between tonewheels could not be easily replicated...." >>> >>> OK, fair enough. :-) >>> >>> I guess a piano is even harder - they don't even reproduce well from a >>> live recording! :-) >> >>I heard a decently accurate electronic piano sound long before I heard >>anything remotely resembling the timber of a B3. > > --- > Oak, was it, or maple? Not that I would be one to pass up a good straight line, but just in case... Main Entry: tim?bre Variant: also tim?ber /'tam-b&r, 'tim-; 'tam(br&)/ Function: noun : the quality given to a sound by its overtones: as a : the resonance by which the ear recognizes and identifies a voiced speech sound b : the quality of tone distinctive of a particular singing voice or musical instrument ?tim?bral /'tam-br&l, 'tim-/ adjective Source: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, ? 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. -- If John McCain gets the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination, my vote for President will be a write-in for Jiang Zemin. |