Wurlitzer D6180 midi function

[skippy]

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I have a friend who owns the above Wurlitzer. He lost the owners manual. He is not sure how to get the unit into midi transmit/receive mode. Does anybody out there know how to do this? Your help is greatly appreciated.</P>


Cheers,</P>


Skippy</P>

[andyg]

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Bit of a long shot, but here goes.</P>


The D6xxx Wurlitzers were only Hohner organs with a Wurlitzer badge. The D6000 was the Hohner D98, for example. That series didn't have MIDI but the later ones did. If you can find out what equivalent Hohner model it is, then you may be able to get the question answered on the German site www.analogorgel.de. They love their old analogue organs over there and someone may just know, or have a manual. Their English is pretty good on the site!</P>


A pic of the organ should help identify it.</P>


Andy</P>
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[skippy]

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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">How do you know all this – you are a walking organ encyclopedia. What would we do without you? I will have a look at the German forum. Thanks for the link. Ideal for me because my first language is German (came to Aus in 1974). So communicating will not be a problem.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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[andyg]

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There are a few of us herethat have been in this business rather longer than we'd care to remember, (coming up for 40 years in my case) and you tend to pick up the oddbit of infoalong the way! [;)] It's given me (and is still giving me) a decent living, so I'm happy to put something back in.</P>


Andy</P>

[james]

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Andy,</P>


The organ business as a hobby and former church organist has been going on with me for 50 years this coming December when I first learned to play Silent Night and Almost Persuaded in one Sunday PM. I thrilled that I could actually play that Hammond M2 with both hands and feet. As far as making a decent living from the field of the organs I will say no, but I did work in a music store as well as work with an organ tech for awhile. I enjoy the study of organs more than I actually play these days.</P>
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James</P>

[james]

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Oops!!! I should have noted that this was a Wurlitzer discussion. I did find those Hohner organs with a Wurlitzer badgedidsound very nice. However, I am so enamored with the old line Wurlitzer modes of everything that I had to look at the name "Wurlitzer" but I knew I wasn't actually playing a Wurlitzer.</P>


I hope this guy gets this organ going since I think it is a very nice sounding organs with great realistic tones.</P>
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[skippy]

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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The owner found some more info on the back of the Wurlitzer. It is actually an Orla organ Made in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region>. He bought it around 1989/90. I will get him to send me a jpg of it. My blue book only goes to 1985. This is getting confusing. Did Hohnerhave these units made by Orla and then re-badged them for Wurlitzer? I remember in the mid- late 80s I bought a portable version of the Wurlitzer Omni 6000??? or something of Hohner origin from Chris Marshall (as Donna and I say "Have a musical day") for about 2 grand. Great sounding unit. Excellent rhythms and auto functions for the day. But full of bugs. I used it on gigs. But not for long. It would do some dreadful things to me. Very embarrassing. I then switched to the Roland D70/RA90. This combination never let me down.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Andy, I have joined the German forum. This will be interesting. I just have to get the rust out of my German. Good lord, I am so busy since I retired. I want to go back to work to have a rest.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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[andyg]

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Well, you learn something new every day! Orla - I wouldn't have guessed that, as they were busy making organs for other manufacturers. There were many, many tie-ups between the European makers anyway, so it wouldn't surprise me.</P>


Anyway, if we can identify the Orla model, we can do the same thing and ask on the German site.</P>


Andy</P>

[skippy]

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Here is a pic of the Wulitzer D6180(Orla). Perhaps someone can tell me how to get this thing into midi transmit/receive mode. Thanks.</P>


Skippy</P>


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