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We have an Allen Digital Organ 603 series that has very little usage we are trying to sell with the Amp and speakers. Any suggestions or interested parties? we are trying to replace it with a Hammond B3.
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I have a question for the Allen knowledge base around here; I have seen these Allen's for years with this giant rectangular box with those little eyeballs sitting on top of the console. What is it for, and what does it do? I would think it would be a bother for the organist, and their line of site. How could it be practical to use for anything, would the music rack not sit in front of this box, blocking the musician's view of the box if it truly displayed valuable information?Until The Next Dimension,
Admiral Coluch.
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Vfcwc, where is the organ located? The organ and speakers will probably fetch around $1000 which is not enough to cover a B3. Some information on what works and what doesn't would also help.Sam
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samibe commented
Yesterday, 05:14 PM
That box is the bottom of the music desk. The "eyeballs" are holes to let the light in the music desk shine on the manuals. It rotates up out of the console to let the roll-top slide past.
That is some sort of music desk! It must work for some of those old giant 3 ring binders of music. :)Until The Next Dimension,
Admiral Coluch.
-1929 Wangerin Pipe Organ Historian
-Owner 1982 Rogers Specification 990 -Owner 1988 Rodgers 760Comment
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It does. You can see the music rack in the upright position in this photo from the Forum's Gallery: https://organforum.com/gallery/displ..._display_media
Michael
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That's the classic Allen fold-back music desk found all the way back to some custom analog consoles up to the larger MDS models. It has probably been revised a bit for the current models, possibly slimmed down a bit. But it was very useful, as the desk sat lower down than the fixed desk found on many other consoles, more in line with one's eyes when seated on the bench.John
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The benefit of this music rack is mitigated by the fact that when a taller person uses this music rack (mounted lower), sometimes the couplers and controls above the top manual cannot be seen (not that I'm that tall).But it was very useful, as the desk sat lower down than the fixed desk found on many other consoles, more in line with one's eyes when seated on the bench.
Michael
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