[george [dicegeorge]]

scrapping an old pedal organ
like one of thousands that used to be in chapels-
is anything worth saving?

Maybe converting it into a bookshelf?

[g]

[Halmyre]

On Sep 5, 5:52*pm, "george [dicegeorge]"
wrote:
scrapping an old pedal organ
like one of thousands that used to be in chapels-
is anything worth saving?

Maybe converting it into a bookshelf?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJg1NNyke2E

OK, not much help to you, but nice.

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Halmyre

[Jules Richardson]

On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:52:55 +0100, george [dicegeorge] wrote:

scrapping an old pedal organ
like one of thousands that used to be in chapels- is anything worth
saving?

Maybe converting it into a bookshelf?

I think our ancient upright piano's destined to become a drinks cabinet -
I can't be arsed with the hours and expense it'd need to make it playable
again. The cast frame inside is a beautiful piece of work though, so I'll
keep that and hang it on a wall somewhere.

cheers

Jules

[SS[_2_]]

"Jules Richardson" wrote in message
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On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:52:55 +0100, george [dicegeorge] wrote:

scrapping an old pedal organ
like one of thousands that used to be in chapels- is anything worth
saving?

Maybe converting it into a bookshelf?

I think our ancient upright piano's destined to become a drinks cabinet -
I can't be arsed with the hours and expense it'd need to make it playable
again. The cast frame inside is a beautiful piece of work though, so I'll
keep that and hang it on a wall somewhere.

cheers

Jules


Organ, It may be worth selling individual parts, I would check on ebay
before you do anything.
I suspect there are less organs then pianos so may be worth £s as individual
parts.

Piano, They weigh a ton I gave mine away free (collection only) to save me
trying to dump it
ok if you play piano, other than that its a big/heavy peice of furniture.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 19:19:46 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

The cast frame inside is a beautiful piece of work though, so I'll
keep that and hang it on a wall somewhere.

Learn to play the heavy harp.

[Andy Dingley]

On Sep 5, 5:52*pm, "george [dicegeorge]"
wrote:
scrapping an old pedal organ

Harmonium?

Whereabouts?

like one of thousands that used to be in chapels-
is anything worth saving?

They're saleable (not for much, but better than nothing) - mostly to
steampunks looking for furniture building projects (I'd have it myself
if it was nearby)
I suggest you post a note about it on the Brass Goggles forum.

[Gib Bogle[_3_]]

On 6/09/2011 9:15 a.m., Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 19:19:46 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

The cast frame inside is a beautiful piece of work though, so I'll
keep that and hang it on a wall somewhere.

Learn to play the heavy harp.

Harpo Marx style.

[harry]

On Sep 5, 5:52*pm, "george [dicegeorge]"
wrote:
scrapping an old pedal organ
like one of thousands that used to be in chapels-
is anything worth saving?

Maybe converting it into a bookshelf?

[g]

Are you mad? They are worth money!

[Andy Dingley]

On Sep 5, 8:19*pm, Jules Richardson
wrote:
The [piano] cast frame inside is a beautiful piece of work though, so I'll
keep that and hang it on a wall somewhere.

Yes, I'm in the market for any of those handy to SE Wales. Mine so
far have been sliced into panels and used as mirror frames. The more
rectangular panel becomes a frame, the corner curved braces of the
other parts go into the corners of something hefty in oak.

[Jules Richardson]

On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:15:16 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 19:19:46 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

The cast frame inside is a beautiful piece of work though, so I'll keep
that and hang it on a wall somewhere.

Learn to play the heavy harp.

:-) I thought about leaving it 'harpable', but maybe it's better to back
the tension off when it's all open like that (although I'd leave the
strings on, I think). It came from a school and has obviously had a very
traumatic 100-odd years; I suppose I shouldn't assume that it's about to
self destruct, but maybe better safe than sorry!

cheers

Jules

[Andrew Gabriel]

In article ,
Jules Richardson writes:
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:15:16 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 19:19:46 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

The cast frame inside is a beautiful piece of work though, so I'll keep
that and hang it on a wall somewhere.

Learn to play the heavy harp.

:-) I thought about leaving it 'harpable', but maybe it's better to back
the tension off when it's all open like that (although I'd leave the
strings on, I think). It came from a school and has obviously had a very
traumatic 100-odd years; I suppose I shouldn't assume that it's about to
self destruct, but maybe better safe than sorry!

The force on the frame when fully tensioned is up to 40 tons.

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Andrew Gabriel
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