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**crossyinoz** · 05-01-2008, 06:55 AM

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[quote user="skippy"]
What do you get when you cross a Thomas with a <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Conn</st1:place></st1:State>?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>[/I][/B]
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Adjacent plots at the crematorium - one marked R.I.P. 1982 and the other R.I.P. (finally) 1984.[U]

Seriously, though, - looks impressive, trust it sounds as such.

Cheers,
Ian

**skippy** · 05-01-2008, 08:53 AM

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Crossy,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

Good try;you are 10 years ahead of yourself. The Celebrity 871dates back to 1973 and the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Conn</st1:place></st1:State> pipe speakers - look at your previous post.<o:p></o:p>

But seriously, I would recommend to anybody to connect a set of Conn pipe speakers to their old analog consoles, unless they have already a channel and appropriate speakersto accommodate mid- to high frequencies, And should this be the case, I am sure there wouldstillbe an enhancement to the sound of the organ by using the Conn pipes. They generate a warm analog presence I have not heard before. <o:p></o:p>

I don’t think there is anything very scientific about this. It is just the close proximity of the speakers being located on top of the organ and pumping the sound through the pipes towards the player.<o:p></o:p>

The result is a shimmering, silvery sound, especially with the strings. Try it. Youpick up the pipes for next to nothing. Just connect them to the main channel speakers - paying attention to polarity (not critical). I had concerns about my Thomas main amp. Never raised an eyebrow. After an active playing session, the trannies were as cool as a cucumber.<o:p></o:p>

Have a musical day,<o:p></o:p>

Skippy

**Hammondlover** · 05-01-2008, 08:53 AM

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You get a Celebrity Conn Artist! [8-|]

**crossyinoz** · 05-02-2008, 06:30 AM

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Hey Skip, 

Add this to your collection,

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Thomas-Color-...QQcmdZViewItem

You will certainly be the only bloke in Oz, maybe the universe with one of these - a Japanese Thomas![:P] Think of it, a Thomas that works - Jap quality control etc. - could have saved them from oblivion in 1982.[I]

Cheers,

Ian

**andyg** · 05-02-2008, 12:55 PM

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It's a bog-standard Playmate series organ from 1977 onwards- but Japanese? Hmmm, who would have built that? Not Kawai, not Yamaha and not Roland, so who?

And it was the Compucon Alpha 2 series that would have definitely saved them - we saw the prototypes and they were stunning, and low-cost. Did they appear anywhere else other than NAMM and the London trade fair?

Andy

**skippy** · 05-02-2008, 02:22 PM

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Yes, this could be the only Thomas ex <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. I think somebody is a little confused - not only about the origin but also its price. A$200 starting bid. 0 bids now - 0 bids at auction end?

Here is another genuine "Made in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>" organ. Hmm, which one should I get? It’s adifficult choice.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
http://cgi.ebay.com/Roland-AT90SL-Organ-Save-Thousands-of-Dollars_W0QQitemZ110246333992QQihZ001QQcategoryZ16 219QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem<o:p></o:p>
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Do yourselves a favour and go to the Lowrey forum. You find a link there to a recording of AndyG's composition "It was a very good year". Played by Andy on the above organ. Simply stunning.

I can just imagine how the sound of the Roland would improve if I connected my Conn pipes to it. [:P] [:S] [:$] (Reminds me of a Rolls Royce with a roof rack)



Have a good weekend

Skippy

**crossyinoz** · 05-03-2008, 07:03 AM

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[quote user="andyg"]

It's a bog-standard Playmate series organ from 1977 onwards- but Japanese? Hmmm, who would have built that? And it was the Compucon Alpha 2 series that would have definitely saved them . Did they appear anywhere else ?

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G'day guys,

I agree - Japanese no. My memory thinks that most of those horrible little nonUS analog Thomases were Italian - the pedal board, if nothing else is the giveaway.

Try this one Andy, I mate of mine here has a digital Thomas Troubadour spinet - dashboard not unlike a Yammy EL or Kawai SR, disk drive, midi, orchestral presets etc. Cabinet looks European, sounds OK- one of these Compucon things maybe? Was definitely purchased new here in Oz.

Cheers,

Ian

**skippy** · 05-03-2008, 02:57 PM

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Disk drive, midi, sounds OK - COULD IT BE A WERSI?
http://wersi.organportal.com/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&view=article& id=25&Itemid=28

Watch out - They are coming. Thomas refuses to die.
News (18.01.2008)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
Thomas successful in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p>
Since 1996 in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Queensland</st1:place></st1:State> active<o:p></o:p>
Glen Long will expand distribution <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> wide<o:p></o:p>
Production facility in <st1:City w:st="on">Kuala Lumpur</st1:City> will ship a container with Stardust and Symphony models to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
http://www.thomas-orgeln.de/pages/posts/thomas-in-australien-erfolgreich4.php
http://www.thomas-orgeln.de/pages/german/instrumente.php<o:p></o:p>

<o:p>Here is someone playing a Symphony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJZYWT02dNo</o:p>
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**crossyinoz** · 05-05-2008, 07:12 AM

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[quote user="skippy"]Disk drive, midi, sounds OK - COULD IT BE A WERSI?
Watch out - They are coming. Thomas refuses to die.
Production facility in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">Kuala Lumpur</st1:City> will ship a container to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
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Hi All,

Looking at that site Skippy, my mate's Thomas is exactly the "brown box" version of Troubadour shown there. Methinks they are built by Hohner who have in the past built rebadged instruments for several brands, and I do remember a "launch" in Queensland at the Aust. Music Assocation Trade Fair in the mid 90's. I was there with Yamaha and have since thought that nothing had become of the Thomas thing as the home organ market was all but deceased - guess I was wrong. As fora Malaysian plant, are we ready for a Malaysian organ, and if it is Hohner, is the world (and Larry Adler) ready for an Asian Blues Harp?[*-)] Then again, buy some Yamaha Hi Fi today and it very well may be made in the Malaysian plant. 

Cheers,

Ian

**andyg** · 05-05-2008, 09:53 AM

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It does annoy me when someone just buys a name and plonks it on something that bears no relation to the original. And Thomas even use the original company's history to show 'their' musical pedigree. Jeez! Old Wersi technology and sound, and I think I'd much rather have Skippy's 871 Celebrity, thank you very much.

Oh, I do wish I hadcomposed "It was a very good year". That would have kept me in groceries for life! [:D] Alas, I only arranged this version.

Andy

**skippy** · 05-05-2008, 03:19 PM

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Couldn’t agree more. As far as I am concerned, Thomas is dead.

I must apologize for making you the composer of “It was a very good year”. There is no fool like an old fool. [:$][:^)][:$]I thought it sounded familiar. Still, beautifully arranged and executed. 
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