Owner wants $4000 for the organ, the listing has pictures... It looks like it will need some work however...
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/2005122021.html (http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/2005122021.html)
Eric
KB7DQH
Hi!
Electrostatic chimes? Can anyone tell us more about those?
Best wishes
David P
Hi
I guess the chimes are some sort of reed arrangement, struck by a hammer, with a suitable pickup working on the same principle as a capacitor microphone (or the late lamented Wurlitzer electrostatic organs).
Many Compton Theatre organs derive the chimes from the Melotone unit - again electrostatic in operation, but akin to the later Hammond electro-magnetic system in layout and capable of producing sustained sounds as well. The chimes decay being produced by a keying circuit.
Every Blessing
Tony