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Contents of the A.Philip Lyons, Jr. Memorial Knowledgebase of Organ Information
(formerly housed by the South Mississippi Gold Coast Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society)

A listing of technical articles and information prepared by organ hobbyists, technicians and supporters of this site..

ARTICLE SUBJECT	AUTHOR


*PUBLICATIONS*
Complete Index of ATOS Publications (PDF File)
Organbuilding For Amateurs (requires Adobe Arcobat Reader)	Mark Wick
Percussion Trap Effects	Whitworth
A.G.O. Organ Specifications was removed at request of someone from AGO national headquarters. Sorry folks! AGO more interested in money than spreading knowledge of the instrument they claim to represent.

*BIOGRAPHIES*
Edwin Lemare	Jonathan Gradin
Rosa Rio	Jonathan Gradin
Lloyd Del Castillo	Various sources

*BLOWERS AND RELATED INFORMATION*
Spencer Turbine Manual	Spencer
Document on 3 phase converters Page 1	Chace
Document on 3 phase converters Page 2	Chace
Views of Spencer Turbine "innards"	Phil Lyons
Blower sizing guide Instructions (pdf file) ..... Spread sheet calculator (Excel)	Allen Walker
Zephyr Blower Spec Sheet Pg1. Pg2.	Dr. Barry Henry
Laukhauf Blower Specifications and information
Restoring a Spencer Blower: text and photo documentary by Philip Underwood	Philip Underwood
Specifications for felt used on Spencer blowers	Philip Underwood
Meidinger Blower Spec Sheet	Mfgr. tech literature
Al Sefl discusses the physics of blower orifice sizing	Al Sefl

*CONSOLE INFORMATION*
Fitting electro-mechanical stops to an existing horseshoe console	Julien Arnold
Rebuild of the Dendy Console	Julien Arnold
Buddy Boyd's procedure photos for installation of stop action at Carolina Theatre.	Buddy Boyd
Specifications for setting key travel and pressure on organ manuals and pedals	Carlton Smith
Wurlitzer Console Drawings (ongoing collection)	John Ledwon.
Console specification for Wurlitzer 216, 2 M/10Rank organ (PDF File-requires free Adobe Acrobat to read)	Dr. Barry Henry
Wurlitzer combination action photos 2M-10 rank cons.	Phil Lyons
Wurlitzer keyboard rebuild project	Phil Lyons
John Abson's scale drawings for mounting powertab stop tabs on Wurlitzer back rail. (drawing 1) (Drawing 2)	John Abson

*CHESTS AND CHEST RELATED INFORMATION*
Examples of chest layout for pipe organs (pdf file)	Olivia Margaret Ontko
A general review of the different valve and action patents used in pipe organs.
Timing in Wurlitzer primariless valves	Johan Liljencrants
Dimensions of Wurlitzer Primary Pneumatics	Phil Lyons
Photos of restored Wurlitzer pipechest and pneumatics	Phil Lyons
Adjustment of Primaryless Wurlitzer Chests.	D. Powers
See a Wurlitzer electro-pneumatic pipe organ valve in action	J. DeMajo
Aeolian of Gottfried windchest Patent diagram and photographs	Andy Wos


*SWELL SHADE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS*
Replacement bearing source for Wurlitzer swell shades

*GENERAL CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE*
How to use Hot Glue from article by Frank Ford	Frank Ford
Use of Hot Glue (excellent article by Craig Brougher)	Craig Brougher
Pipe Chest Rackboard Hole Gauge (AutoCad Format)	Randy Bergum.
Above Pipe Chest Gauge in GIF FORMAT	Randy Bergum.
Diagram for 2 amp solenoid driver (chime relay)	J. DeMajo
More weekend "Homebrew"- Build these simple toy counter "toys" in your home shop.	J. DeMajo
Applying electric solenoids to tuned percussions	J. DeMajo
Procedures for fabrication of theatre organ wind line	Phil Lyons
Series documenting the repair of Wicks Theatre Organ Opus 838- St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ponchatoula, LA.	John DeMajo
Build an alignment tool for drilling rack board holes.	John DeMajo
A simple trem unit for home theatre organ projects	John DeMajo
Photos of Moller "SlapStick" (photo 1) (photo 2)

*GENERAL INFORMATION*
Wiring color code for telephone cable used as organ wiring between relay and chests.	rusczyk@ix.netcom.com
Explanation of diaphone operation	Compton
ORGANHAMS - a list compiled by Bill Londell of people in the organ world who are also ham radio operators	Bill Londell
Carrier Air Conditioning units installed in theaters and other buildings.	Louis Pannagel
Anatomy of a classical organ mixture rank	John DeMajo

*HISTORY*
Charlottesville Paramount Fire - Jan. 1939 Newspaper story and Kimball console exp.	Buddy Boyd
Sales document for the George Wright Hollywood Philharmonic Organ	Christopher Wesson
Organs at the Chicago Theatre	Jon Habermaas
What became of the Chicago Stadium organ's blower?	From various sources

*PIPE WORK (INFORMATION ON REGULATION AND REPAIR OF)*
Cleaning metal pipes that have water damage.	General info
Cleaning Reed Pipes by John DeMajo (700mb mpg video--Allow time for download)	John DeMajo
Regulating Tibia Trebbles by Al Sefl	Al Sefl
Al Sefl discusses reed pipe "fly-off"	Al Sefl
How to Pack Pipes for Shipment or Storage	Al Sefl
Al Sefl offers advice on soldering pipes.	Al Sefl
Al Sefl's paper on Pipe Voicing	Al Sefl
Philip Underwood provides photos of diaphone pipe repair by Wicks Organ Company	Phil Underwood
What specific material is used in pipe organ percussion bars.

*REGULATORS AND WINDING*
Anatomy of a Rotary Regulator	John Adams
Al Sefl speaks on weighting of regulators.	Al Sefl
Illustrations of various organ regulators
Series on rebuilding of Robert Morton regulator	John Kirkpatrick
Design of winding systems (excellent technical article)	Johan Liljencrants

*THEATRE AND RADIO PROGRAM ORGANISTS INFORMATION*
Buddy Cole Discography	Steve Lamana
1960's TV GUIDE article showing the Joseph Kearns (Mr.Wilson of 'Dennis the Menace' T.V. fame) residence Wurlitzer	TV Guide Magazine
List of known radio station organs and organists	John DeMajo
Organ-cology (Why organs produce emotional responses in listeners)	J. Amos

*UTILITIES AND SOFTWARE*
Download Music Catalog Database (MS-Access)	John DeMajo
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*WURLITZER SPECIFIC DATA AND SPECIFICATIONS*
Wurlitzer Model /Rank information	Chace
Wurlitzer Rank List by Al Sefl	Al Sefl
Tuning Sleigh Bells	Randy Bergum

*PERFORMANCE INFORMATION:*
Modulation chord chart for modulating between keys (PDF File)	Source unknown
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*ELECTRONIC ORGAN INFO*
Wurlitzer 4700 sales brochure. (PDF file)


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