Hello all.
A few months ago, I purchased a 1958 Moller 3-manual console from a church in Maryland, with the intention of using it to drive a few ranks in my home. After I discovered Hauptwerk, I've been converting it to be as close as possible to the E.M. Skinner Mt. Carmel Organ console. After working on it for a while now, I decided it might be nice to post a few pictures of its progress.
The console sitting in the shop, still under construction. The original setup had 8 generals, I added 4 more to bring it up to 12. The organ used to operate by air driving mechanical stop and piston action, so I completely gutted all the mechanics, and added the 'set' and 'general cancel' pistons.
Sorry for the whiteout, but here's the right stop jamb. I took out the old drawknobs, and had new stems and faces made to duplicate the stop list of the Skinner. The stop magnets are made by Syndyne, the coupler tilting tab assembly is made by Harris.
The left stop jamb, with the faces more visible.
After I tore out all the mechanical guts, there was plenty of room to put all the new components in. Those are the two computers I'm going to use to drive Hauptwerk. One will control the Great and Pedal divisions, while the other will control the Swell and Choir divisions. Each computer will have a digital out connection to its own amplifier, which will drive seperate speakers for each division.
That's the Classic Console Control Computer, the solid state system. It will control all the keying, coupling, stop magnets and pistons on the console, and will transmit key and stop on/off messages to each computer. It comes with a faceplate (not yet installed) and 99 levels of memory.
That's all for now, I'll keep posting more on its progress if people are interested.
Steve
A few months ago, I purchased a 1958 Moller 3-manual console from a church in Maryland, with the intention of using it to drive a few ranks in my home. After I discovered Hauptwerk, I've been converting it to be as close as possible to the E.M. Skinner Mt. Carmel Organ console. After working on it for a while now, I decided it might be nice to post a few pictures of its progress.
The console sitting in the shop, still under construction. The original setup had 8 generals, I added 4 more to bring it up to 12. The organ used to operate by air driving mechanical stop and piston action, so I completely gutted all the mechanics, and added the 'set' and 'general cancel' pistons.
Sorry for the whiteout, but here's the right stop jamb. I took out the old drawknobs, and had new stems and faces made to duplicate the stop list of the Skinner. The stop magnets are made by Syndyne, the coupler tilting tab assembly is made by Harris.
The left stop jamb, with the faces more visible.
After I tore out all the mechanical guts, there was plenty of room to put all the new components in. Those are the two computers I'm going to use to drive Hauptwerk. One will control the Great and Pedal divisions, while the other will control the Swell and Choir divisions. Each computer will have a digital out connection to its own amplifier, which will drive seperate speakers for each division.
That's the Classic Console Control Computer, the solid state system. It will control all the keying, coupling, stop magnets and pistons on the console, and will transmit key and stop on/off messages to each computer. It comes with a faceplate (not yet installed) and 99 levels of memory.
That's all for now, I'll keep posting more on its progress if people are interested.
Steve