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new suitcase organ

Post by arturo » Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:09 am

$75 at a junk shop.  This thing sounds like an accordion kind of.  It really makes me want to learn Untitled off of Disintegration.  does anyone know anything these? It's a Koestler(made in West Germany) Harmophone
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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by arturo » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:51 am

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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by jop » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:53 am

Oh wow, that looks great! Congrats!  8) 8)
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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by fuzzking » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:00 am

hmm nice.

there's a wiki (in german): seems like the company started out with (blues) harps and accordions. these organs were built from '55 on until the 70s.
it works like a harmonium (pump organ), but obviously electrified.
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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by the older brother » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:23 am

I got an Italian version of that - Not as fancy as yours, but with chord buttons to the left (like an accordion) of the keyboard - It has an electric fan that blows air through the valves. It's cool but totally useless as it's off by almost halv a note in tune. No pics, cause it's stashed away...
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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by Pingu » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:58 am

the older brother wrote: It's cool but totally useless as it's off by almost halv a note in tune.

Unless you play arabic music. Quarter tones FTW.
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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by Pingu » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:59 am

Oh, and I love the organ.
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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by bdm » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:02 am

looks totally cool!
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Post by BenHagerty » Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:06 pm

I need to get me one of these!
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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by chrisjedijane » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:07 am

Is that a reed organ? I used to have one, but it was sharp so I left it behind when I moved house. I got an accordion instead :). I would really like another one if I could find one that was in tune.
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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by panoramic » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:27 am

cool i want one of those
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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by fillspiller » Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:26 pm

I bought one of these today at a thrift store for $10. got it home and took it apart to figure out how to fix it, and the fan is missing. looks like it blew up by the black residue on the metal plate. would you be willing to take a picture of the underside of yours where the fan is for me so i know what to look for/how to rig a fan for it?
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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by øøøøøøø » Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:35 pm

fillspiller wrote:I bought one of these today at a thrift store for $10. got it home and took it apart to figure out how to fix it, and the fan is missing. looks like it blew up by the black residue on the metal plate. would you be willing to take a picture of the underside of yours where the fan is for me so i know what to look for/how to rig a fan for it?
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Re: new suitcase organ

Post by fillspiller » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:11 pm

øøøøøøø wrote:
fillspiller wrote:I bought one of these today at a thrift store for $10. got it home and took it apart to figure out how to fix it, and the fan is missing. looks like it blew up by the black residue on the metal plate. would you be willing to take a picture of the underside of yours where the fan is for me so i know what to look for/how to rig a fan for it?
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