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Cheap DIY Organ console

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Re: Cheap DIY Organ console

PostFri Apr 15, 2016 5:01 am

I used to play a Wyvern organ in a local church, and so far as I can remember the keyboard touch was good. At the “Buy it now” price of £599, plus £80 for transport, that seems very good value.
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Re: Cheap DIY Organ console

PostFri Apr 15, 2016 7:16 am

That console on eBay is a bargain. Of course you don't know how well it's been done, but I sell consoles like that (albeit with a computer/interface and all set up and ready to go) for £1500.

Suggest the OP snaps it up!
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Re: Cheap DIY Organ console

PostFri Apr 15, 2016 2:36 pm

A nice console but maybe not the best thing for portability, if that's an issue. After moving a real piano and a Hammond organ a few times, I'm starting to see the virtues of a keyboard stack on a table! Colin Pykett's Prog Organ console seems to strike a good balance between looks and portability, IMHO.

http://www.colinpykett.org.uk/simple-console-virtual-pipe-organ.htm
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Re: Cheap DIY Organ console

PostSat Apr 16, 2016 11:52 am

mkc1 - thanks for the post for Colin Pykett's organ build!! Very nice project - hadn't seen that link before. I like it.

Thanks,
Mark
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Re: Cheap DIY Organ console

PostSun Apr 17, 2016 5:46 pm

Glad you like it -- I do too. I was thinking of building something a bit more decorative but decided that I'd really rather spend my time playing the organ than trying to learn to do more elaborate woodworking without a shop full of expensive tools.

Michael
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