Hi Patrick
I'll add my welcome too, and also my thanks that you bought the Compton and have happy plans for it. If you are going to have corrosion issues you can do worse than a Compton action, hopefully it will all respond to a bit of TLC. Looking forward to seeing your progress pics!
I will admit that I too was interested, indeed got as far as placing a bid on it, specifically because it is a 2-rank Miniatura. In 1948 Compton introduced the model 348 Electrone which was a 'pipeless' simulation of a Miniatura 2, the only attempt they made to recreate electrically a particular model of organ pipe-by-pipe. I have one of the few surviving fully functional 348s and was fascinated by the idea of being able to play the two side by side for comparison! If you are curious about how your organ would look in electrostatic form, you can see a 348 on my website:
http://www.electrokinetica.org/d8/3/5.php
Good luck with your Miniatura website too, there are enough instruments out there for it to be well appreciated!
Lucien
I'll add my welcome too, and also my thanks that you bought the Compton and have happy plans for it. If you are going to have corrosion issues you can do worse than a Compton action, hopefully it will all respond to a bit of TLC. Looking forward to seeing your progress pics!
I will admit that I too was interested, indeed got as far as placing a bid on it, specifically because it is a 2-rank Miniatura. In 1948 Compton introduced the model 348 Electrone which was a 'pipeless' simulation of a Miniatura 2, the only attempt they made to recreate electrically a particular model of organ pipe-by-pipe. I have one of the few surviving fully functional 348s and was fascinated by the idea of being able to play the two side by side for comparison! If you are curious about how your organ would look in electrostatic form, you can see a 348 on my website:
http://www.electrokinetica.org/d8/3/5.php
Good luck with your Miniatura website too, there are enough instruments out there for it to be well appreciated!
Lucien