This section consists of files and links to various topics of interest to the Amateur builder. If you have suggestions for more links to be added, or if you have something technical you wish to share with the whole list please feel free to forward it to the List Owner and ask for its inclusion on this page. If you need to send a file, please use my personal address rather than the Owner's address as attachments are not allowed at the owner address.
Blower Spread Sheet compliments of Kurt Schlieter
There are two parts to this document. One is the spreadsheet itself and the other are the instructions. You need to download both parts. Besides the original format in Excel and Word, there is a set done in Adobe Acrobat format.
The Original Files: Word Document of Instructions - Excel Spreadsheet
The Acrobat copies - Blower1 and Blower2
The following links were "gleemed" from a posting by Nelson Denton on the Theatre Organs list. They are articles about the use of Hide Glue. http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Luthier/Data/Materials/hideglue.html Nelson also posted a link to a manufactuer of Hide Glue - http://www.bjorn.net/
Kurt Schlieter has posted on his web site a set of instructions for making simple pipe crates. The article can be found at: http://www.theatreorgans.com/wi/Waukesha/crates.html
The Color Codes for Organ Wiring. There are two versions, one an Adobe Acrobat Document and the other an Excel Spreadsheet. This chart is for a 50 PAIR (100 wire) cable. There are larger cables but this is the most commonly used size cable.
THe Magnolia Chapter of the A.T.O.S. has been compiling a KNOWLEDGE BASE on their web site. Currently there is a copy of a Spencer Orgablo Manual and an article on Hide Glue that might be of to the general members of the list. There are also specific Theatre Organ articles on the site.
List member, Jack Hardman, has put together a web page about the use of Variable Frequency Drives for running 3-phase blowers on single phase current. His page can be accessed here. American Pipe Organ Scale Based on Halving at the 16th Step Craig writes: "Here is an Excel spreadsheet (and a .pdf version) I made some years ago to calculate the diameters of pipes according to the "American pipe scale" (used by OSI). This is based on the concept that a pipe of scale 1 is one meter (39.37") in diameter and that the pipe diameter halves on the 17th pipe. This means each pipe is smaller than the previous by the 16th root of two. The formula relating the actual diameter to the scale number is: dia = 39.37 * exp(-log(2) * (scale-1) /16) where the diameter (always the inside diameter) is in inches." Craig Williams
http://www.player-care.com/hide_q-a.html
http://www.player-care.com/hideq-a2.html
http://www.vanedwar.dircon.co.uk/glue.htm
from List Member Craig Williams
Scotts Valley, CA