My name is Mike Schnell and I currently live in Schaumburg, Illinois ( a NW suburb of Chicago).
I do not have a residence organ at this time since I'm currently in a townhome. I have, however been around pipe organs a lot since I am a roller skater. My interest in pipe organs and the music played on them was inspired by listening to Leon Berry play the organ at the Hub Rink in Norridge, Illinois. I have been mostly a play-by-ear piano player, but since I was given a Conn spinet organ a year ago, I have been playing it and have come to realize I like it better than piano.

My current organ project is making a few ranks of pipes out of paper (huh...?!??!) and maybe interfacing them with the Conn or an old gutted synthesizer keyboard.

As Frank said, it's probably another "science project".

Mike

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