Nice build. It's good to.see people are still interested in organs.
@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965
14 күн бұрын
BRAVO Ben!! Congratulations on a terrific job! I work for Rodgers, and yes, parts are very expensive. Your solution was brillent indeed using the micro controller and writing your own software!!! All else should be very durable, case, keys, pedalboard and bench etc. Don’t chuck the old analogue oscillator system, one day these will be very valuable, working or not!!!! Like vinyl records and 8 track players!!!!! Anyway, all the best and a job really well done, please be very happy and very encouraged!! Adrian in Bermuda 😊😊😊🎹🎹🎹
@StuNodd
3 ай бұрын
Not only do you play magnificently, but you're an electronics whiz! Bravo, young man!
@soundguydon
10 ай бұрын
Woah!! I'm so impressed by your ingenuity -- not only with electronics, but with programming too! Excellent job!
@billnorman1704
11 ай бұрын
Very, very cool! I am retired now, but in another life I was a Rodgers technician, and this is one of the models that I had worked on. That was many years ago. In the time since I have been an engineer designing electronic audio and digital products for a couple of small electronics firms (both now out of business) here in Oklahoma. What you have done is, in my opinion, nothing short of genius. By the way, I also have a Rodgers console of my own, a model 870, which was built in the early 80s. It was given to me by a church that used to be a customer of mine, so it is one that I had worked on a few times before. I restored it and made a few modifications, but it is mostly in its original form, with all the generators and keyers and formant circuits. I would like to MIDI-ize it like you did to this one. This has given me some good inspiration! God bless you!
@sangamowatt9435
17 күн бұрын
I was also a Rodgers tech. Still at it. Gets in your blood I guess. Perhaps we've met at conferences, or ??
@Quince828
9 ай бұрын
An issue I’ve found with Rodgers organs is that the keyboards fail. Notes stop working and the technician tells us that replacement parts are not available. The only solution is to replace the whole keyboard which is cost prohibitive on a fifteen year old organ. Mine was a C series which I believe has Roland innards.
@jimsmith77901
7 ай бұрын
Absolute genius!! I could tell by your voice that you were quite young, but I didn't guess you were still in high school. And then you took on this project with an outstandingly simple and inexpensive solution! I'm honestly in awe of your skills. I wish I'd seen your solution a few years ago, as I had a huge three manual Allen theater organ with many, many stops and presets in which something bad had happened to the sound processing capabilities. I sold it to someone for only $400, at a time when one like it in good working order would sell for close to $8,000. I'd have loved to do what you did with my organ, but, alas, it is king gone. Great work!!
@James_Bowie
8 күн бұрын
This is James Claar, presumably Ben's son.
@Bass-guitarist
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, you are an inspiration! Well done.
@Downthebayou
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. I have and old Allen at home, but zero engineering skills.
@BrianNolan-wz9lj
8 ай бұрын
Same here.
@johnigoe1705
3 ай бұрын
The term "pipe organ" refers to an organ that has least some "pipes."
@EA_Bucchianeri
Жыл бұрын
Wow, fantastic! I'm in a similar situation myself, I have an old electrical church organ from England dating from the 60s I think. Needed it to practise without the stress and time lost of trying to find a church close to me that would let me in to practise, etc. The old thing was fine until just like you, something went BANG! I lost a speaker and all the stops for manual I. Now, other notes are starting to go.... Today I looked at a new organ, completely digital with stops that can be pulled, a full church or chapel grade organ, two manuals, swell pedals, pipe organ feel-alike key action, etc the works, but they want 13,000 Euros for it! Yikes! I'd love to convert my old organ casing into a digital organ as the next option, perhaps even add some extra features such as a volume knob and transposer knob for choir practise, (transposing sheet music on sight is not one of my gifts, LOL!) It has a nice wooden case, but I don't think anyone in Portugal knows how to do digital conversions, and I certainly don't. You're blessed to be able to figure out how to do it yourself! Cheers!
@magnifyoparah2402
Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video❤️
@jeremybullen655
11 ай бұрын
Wonderful video
@YAPprod
Жыл бұрын
hello! beautiful project. I saw your website with your project. Its incredible! I would like to do the same with my organ. Could you explain whit is there lots of resistors please? Thank you and congratulation!
@andrewpearce2562
Жыл бұрын
Hi Romain, could you possibly direct me to his website? I can't seem to find it... thanks.
@johnwfmak
8 ай бұрын
Got any more details on build list, stl for you bracket and sketch you used? I got the free organ and pay 1200 for organ mover to move it and lots of out of tune keys.
@popoolasamuel5857
Жыл бұрын
Hi Ben, Can you help with the Circuirt diagram of the midi controller?
@TimoteoMartin
Жыл бұрын
It seems my Farfisa organ that I am reforming. Have you some info how yo connect the keys to the arduino?
@mkshffr4936
Жыл бұрын
I am considering a similar project. I have two consoles available but will probably use the Rodgers which is of better quality than the Galanti. The latter has some MIDI capability already but is deteriorating rapidly due to age. I don't want to mess with designing my own encoder so will probably use DTS encoders. A few hundred dollars is worth it in my case. I have both GrandOrgue and jOrgan both of which are quite good but will probably get new computer hardware for the project.
@magnifyoparah2402
Жыл бұрын
I have a question. How did you modify the manuals? Thanks
@StuNodd
3 ай бұрын
Is Grand Orgue similar to Hauptwerk?
@James_Bowie
8 күн бұрын
Yes, but it is free.
@dank1280
Жыл бұрын
What model organ was it originally? It looks a lot like the organ in my church which is a late ‘70s early ‘80s Rodgers 115. We’d love to have a digital someday. If this was a similar model organ this gives me hope it might be possible for way less than we thought!
@billnorman1704
11 ай бұрын
I believe you are right, it looks like a 115. I have repaired one or two of these in a previous lifetime. I have access to a proprietary Rodgers website that has information on all of their products, and it says that the 115 was produced around 1973. By the looks of the keyboard wiring in this video, it is completely discrete (one wire per key) and does not use any timesharing functions, so that would help date the production to the early 70s.
@dank1280
11 ай бұрын
@@billnorman1704 So it’s even older than we thought. We’re having a heck of a time finding anyone willing to work on it. It’s beginning to show its age!
@samuelpaquot9962
6 ай бұрын
Or buy a digital keyboard
@James_Bowie
8 күн бұрын
with two manuals, 42 stop switches and an AGO pedalboard. Sure.
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