Interesting that this problem affects the three of you in different parts of the country in tandem, but only on certain machines.

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Not necessary unless you want to restore the original look.

No problem observed here and no action was taken by me.

Perhaps hackers were remotely prepping your boxes for their nefarious purposes again.:o

Sounds like Glyptal, (or Glyptol) an insulating varnish, most commonly used to prevent high-voltage arcing.

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Here's an intact Skinner from the '30's at St. Peter's in Morristown NJ

http://www.stpetersmorristown.org/music/article341041c6287762.htm


http://youtu.be/E8AtG_3plvw

There are stickies on these in the Help forum:

How to avoid being logged out:
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I used a combination of zapping and sticky tape remove dendrites from my X-77 manuals. I'd avoid using steel wool for the reasons mentioned.

Thanks for purchasing through our store. It helps keeps the lights on. When you purchase from the store, you're actually purchasing your merchandise through Amazon with the forum receiving a (very)...

Fireox on your machine is not using forum's style sheets so the layout and colors are all screwed up. Firefox may have a disable style sheet (aka css files) setting which got switched on or your...

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There are some pictures of Conn classic models in the Conn Book in the Wiki that might help the identification.

Isabelle Demers, known as the "Diminutive Dynamo" will play a free store-hours recital on the Wanamaker Organ.
Macy's City Center location in downtown Philadelphia. 2:30 PM

While the possibility of Rodgers/Roland as a silent partner in M&O is intriguing, I see no upside for them. Why would they want to spin off that technology and cannibalize their own sales and...

Jan makes an important distinction. Diode keyers can be used either directly in the signal path or as contact multipliers or both.

An example of the contact multiplier would be a case where you...

Unfortunately, only a fraction of the Atlantic City instrument is currently playable.

The nearly as large Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia is currently the largest playable musical instrument (of...

It's sending program change messages on channels 1 - 4. The fact that it's sending messages on multiple channels might be confusing the auto-detect. You might try configuring Hauptwerk manually...

The last feedback for this vendor as a seller was back in September 2011. Remember that you get feedback as both buyer and seller.

As this thread is nearly three years old, as this member is no longer active and did not provide a public email, I suggest you send him a private message in the hope that he's opted to accept email...

A nice piece on the University of Chicago Skinner

http://youtu.be/A9RT3u6KoAE

Thomas Murray shows a Skinner some respect

http://youtu.be/VQ5p9LdjH38

I believe Hauptwerk supports 256 stereo pairs, so yes. I'm currently running Hauptwerk configured as 3 stereo pairs (six channels).

I'm not certain I agree with that premise and am tempted to make precisely the opposite argument, i.e. the organ is in a downward spiral because it is associated church and religion.

Cameron...

I split off the discussion of the pros and cons of Saville organs into its own thread here
http://www.organforum.com/forums/showthread.php?26222-Saville-Organs

I received a very brief message from his wife that forum member Higgy has passed away.

The deluge of spam continues and has increased in intensity. As a result I'm handling the new member approval process differently from the past. This will result in more work for the moderators and...