Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 18, 2011 Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 A friend of mine has an Optigan organ that needs some fixing. According to him, when playing a disk, some of the buttons do not work, and the motor is very loud, so loud that in some instances it's almost louder than the tones. Lemme know if you can recommend anybody who works on these. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted November 18, 2011 Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 Funny. I happen to own one of these. I only played with it a few hours. I have a bunch of disks. It has a sound like nothing else. Yes the motor is noisy. I think the trick is making sure that the volume is way UP. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 He said that even when cranked, the motor seems really loud. I think this is the first Optigan he's played, so he doesn't have much to compare it to, but regardless, if the buttons aren't working, that's a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daklander Posted November 18, 2011 Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 A friend of mine has an Optigan organ that needs some fixing. According to him, when playing a disk, some of the buttons do not work, and the motor is very loud, so loud that in some instances it's almost louder than the tones. Lemme know if you can recommend anybody who works on these. Thanks! Some of the chord buttons on my Optigan don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angstwulf Posted November 18, 2011 Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 Jack at Future Music in Highland Park may be able to help. He has an old church carillion that he is restoring so he seems to be okay with the esoteric stuff. 323 344-0029. I recently got a synth repaired at Advanced Musical Electronics in Culver City. Much easier job than what your friend has (busted encoders on a Virus) but they were good, fast and friendly. Ruth: 310 559 3157. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted November 18, 2011 Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 I used to love to walk by mall stores with ongoing Optigan demos going on... there was usually some guy with slicked down, brilliantined hair making a big theatrical show of playing, lots of Liberace moves from those guys. I remember that, as you got closer, you could hear the motor and mechanism whirring away. It was a real WTF kind of thing, since all it was was a motor spinning the optical disk, you'd think electric motor technology hadn't improved since the 1890s. I've heard steam hurdy gurdies with quieter mechanisms. There's a lot of general info in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optigan And there's even a site dedicated to that very interesting instrument: www.optigan.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted November 19, 2011 Members Share Posted November 19, 2011 I haven't started to record this thing yet, but when I will, I will 1) Probably replace the power supply with a regulated one.2) Tap off audio from the PRE-AMP section directly.3) Possibly replace certain electronic components with their newer lower noise counterparts. (I did this before with some 741 op amps) Keep in mind that this was originally designed to be a toy, even though I have heard it called a "poor mans mellotron" by a few people. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 19, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 19, 2011 Passing on the tips. Thank you, kind folk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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