Electricity Runs New Player Pipe Organ for Home (Oct, 1931)
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1931
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“Compact” is not the first word that comes to mind when I look at this picture, but I guess compared to most other pipe organs…
Electricity Runs New Player Pipe Organ for Home
Designed on the principle of the player piano, a compact new pipe organ for home and school plays music automatically from a flexible roll. Because of its unique feature, the “reproducing organ” will bring into the home an entire symphony, which, if played by hand, would require the services of a whole group of artists. All of their movements may be recorded upon a single roll. The organ is expected to be of especial value in schools. Pupils of music appreciation classes are enabled to hear the compositions of masters played by famous musicians and recorded for the purpose. Electric mechanism works the instrument.
I remember the truly compact (but cheesy plastic) electric organs from the ’70s- my grandmother had one.
IIRC they were semi-electronic, basically the last step in evolution before synthesizer keyboards.
Comment by nlpnt — February 17, 2008 @ 8:15 am
There were some that were totally air powered, which used a blower to supply sir pressure.
I don’t think there were part electronic ones, they were either all electronic or all “mechanical”
Comment by cks2008 — February 19, 2008 @ 4:11 pm