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I'm a newbie in that early learning phase. Does anyone on here play a Seeburg organ? They seem to be known for jukeboxes... and only a few organs...for a very short time...some of which were available in kit form??? Is any of this right(or just crap that I found on the internet)? Were they respectable? good sound? good design? reliable?
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Interesting! I have a Seeburg mortuary pipe organ built in 1923 that plays rolls and has three ranks of pipes inside the very large theater style console. Is this what you are talking about?
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I don't really know what I'm talking about other than these pictures that I saw online. I couldn't find much on their organs...maybe they made the one that you're talking about(or, maybe there are two different Seeburg companies). Maybe the one that I'm talking about is just a rebranded Gulbransen?(sorry for the poor picture quality)You may only view thumbnails in this gallery. This gallery has 2 photos.Comment
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Yes, Seeburg made electronic organs; we had one in the family for a few years. If I remember correctly, the voices were the basic flutes and "buzzy" strings and reeds. One interesting feature was the automatic rhythm unit would adjust its speed according to how fast you played the bass pedals.
EdEd Kennedy
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The 'Mother List' shows just three organ models made by Seeburg, the Dorchester, Hampshire and Carlyle. There were also Imperial and Imperial DeLuxe models and I will update the list in due course as part of a far larger project. The date given for all three is 1967 but I know they were around before then. However, the brand was short-lived and was gone by the late 1960s. The rhythm unit was also installed into certain Gulbransen models, sometimes as an insert into the music desk. As far as I know the company was absorbed into Gulbransen but the organs may have been limited to just those five models.
Sound? There is a youtube clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIr9NKjXAu8 Reliability? Probably no better or worse than any other electronic organ from that era.
If no-one else here knows any more, then consider joining two Facebook groups. Vintage Organs and Electronic Organs. There are some experts on American 'oldies' found on both groups who may well know more about them.It's not what you play. It's not how you play. It's the fact that you're playing that counts.
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