Gulbransen?

[soundboarddude]

Does anything know anything about the Gulbransen organs? Are they any good? How well are they built and how well do they sound? I am considering purchasing one...

[Muzikatz02]

If you can get hold of their Rialto I and II models you will score.I must admit I don't know the II, but the I had the finest analogue tibias of any instrument.These were comparable to Wurlitzer pipes!Their 'Isomonic' Leslie speakers seperated the voices for a magnificent ensebmle.Certainly among the finest analogue organs available!Go for it!

[abcavitt]

Muzikatz02

I might be able to p/up a Rialto II for free. I just have to go to San Antonio to pick it up.

Do you have any brochures that you could scan and email to me?

Thanks!

Al

abcavitt@charter.net

[soundboarddude]

hmmm
thanks for the suggestions... anything that could be comparable to real pipes must be pretty good...

-sbd

[m0ik]

I'm trying to sell a Rialto II. If you want it I'll sell it.

[soundboarddude]

Everything work? Price? Location?

I really need a practice organ and I'm trying to get real pipes but it doesn't look good for the home team...

[Muzikatz02]

Yes, I have brochures on the RialtoII.Sorry I missed your message earlier.Will e-mail you in next day or two.
Kind regards
Muzikatz02

[destory]

Dear SBD - as other posts have noted certain model Gulbransens like the original Rialto model k, and the Rialto II as very good but others, post 1986 are pretty questionable. I think those post 1986 with the fingertip touch controls were actually built by Elka. The small Gulbransen models had good tibia sounds but were limited tonally because that'
s about all they had. Email me off line at "Story61@aol.com" with specific model number or detail and I will try and give you a more specific critique. Don

[gerryhand]

I would be intersted in purchasing the Rialto II. I'm looking at that Theatrum on ebay right now but It's in Detroit, a long ways from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Shipping is around $1300.00 by a moving company. And the organ I really would like is the Rialto II.

gerry.hand@shaw.ca
or here.

[bjdunn]

I am on my second Rialto K and love it. Not being able to afford a Rodgers or Allen I think they are the next best thing. Most repair parts I have needed are available at Radio Shack. As for how they they are built , if they have problems, it doesn't take a rocket scientest to repair them, just a handfull of capacitors.
B.J. Dunn

[gerryhand]

Well. I ended up buying the Theatrum.
It's an okay organ (so I'm told)

The Rialto II would have been my first choice.

[mdt1955]

I read your reply on the Gulbransen Rialto organ last Sept. and wanted to tell you I worked for the Gulbransen factory in Melrose Park Ill. I also have a Rialto that I have made so many changes on over the years . It sounds fantastic with all the changes I made on it. People that have a Rialto have played it and can"t believe it. I have four Leslie cabinets on it one being just for the piano. By changing the 6 by 9 speakers to newer ones with 2 or 3 voice coils in each speaker will greatly improve the strings sound, or you can buy small Sony speaker cabs. from Best Buy or Circuit City.

[mdt1955]

I read your reply on the Gulbransen Rialto organ last Sept. and wanted to tell you I worked for the Gulbransen factory in Melrose Park Ill. I also have a Rialto that I have made so many changes on over the years . It sounds fantastic with all the changes I made on it. People that have a Rialto have played it and can"t believe it. I have four Leslie cabinets on it one being just for the piano. By changing the 6 by 9 speakers to newer ones with 2 or 3 voice coils in each speaker will greatly improve the strings sound, or you can buy small Sony speaker cabs. from Best Buy or Circuit City.