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Re: Baldwin Optical Organ
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Dave Schutt <[log in to unmask]>
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Dave Schutt <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Jan 1997 10:45:57 -0800
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Hi OrganNet:
>
> Happy New Year!
>
Agreed!
>
> During the late '70s, I seem to recall that Baldwin put out a church
> organ using optically recorded pipe sounds.  Does anybody have
> information on this model and its principle of operation?
>
I saw one of these about 1950. I don't know if they were ever sold
commercially by Baldwin. My recollection is that they had the sounds
recorded on photographic film. Seems like the mechanism had lots of
mechanical noise.
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Dave Schutt <[log in to unmask]> San Jose, CA

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