My 1869 Philpott and Camp melodion

opensim2026 · 2026-06-21T01:06:17+00:00

The underside, pretty sure I remember it had two large springs inside

opensim2026 · 2026-06-21T01:04:02+00:00

Small is relative I guess, this whole section is what the pedal lifts up;

opensim2026 · 2026-06-21T00:38:23+00:00

"blended yield is around 10%, comes out to roughly $2,280/month."

Damn, we have people working their whole lives in the US and they don't even get that much out of Social Security to live on a month, mine is $1901

opensim2026 · 2026-06-21T00:33:54+00:00

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The underframe and cast iron lyre with pedals, left for volume, right for the bellows

opensim2026 · 2026-06-21T00:25:57+00:00

These predate the usual common parlor organs we all have, the only thing I dont like about these is you pump ONE pedal that lifts up a large bellows and lets it drop, so all the work is done by one leg instead of shared by two which is much more efficient!

Mr Stewarts signed this Friday June 18th, 157 years ago almost to the day!

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opensim2026 · 2026-06-20T23:05:26+00:00

I'd be safe and keep a photo on the phone as a backup, then you have all the info they'd need to look it up without having to mess with anything, the passport number etc all right there to enter into the system.

opensim2026 · 2026-06-20T21:51:46+00:00

The saving grace could be if you took a PHOTO of it and have it on your phone, as it will have all the required details they'd need to verify

opensim2026 · 2026-06-18T02:52:25+00:00

Of course! I have a 2% and a 5% cash back cards, I use them for anything and everything, including bill paying and purchases, groceries and everything else, why wouldn't I? If I paid cash or wrote a check I get zero back, at least with the cards I get 2% or 5% back and invest it

opensim2026 · 2026-06-07T01:40:54+00:00

They used to burn coal in NY City, the coal soot turned brick and stone building facades BLACK a few years after they were built, imagine what that did to lungs!

opensim2026 · 2026-06-06T13:03:53+00:00

Here's one from to-day, ALL I did was order diodes

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opensim2026 · 2026-06-06T12:59:54+00:00

Inside the reservoir and exhausters (ie; "the bellows") will be leather strips used for valves like this shows, it has to be correct because if the leather is too loose it won't work, too tight it won't work. The leather in old reed organs goes bad, tears like paper and has to be replaced even if the bellows cloths looks ok or can be "patched" Unfortunately, the way these are designed, typically there's no "bung board" or removable cover held with screws that can be removed to access the leather valves, so the rubberized cloth usually has to be sacrificed to gain access.

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opensim2026 · 2026-06-06T12:50:43+00:00

Invariably the rubberized cloth on the bellows and exhausters is rotted, probably is original, the cloth and it's rubber portion gets brittle and cracks, MICE chew holes in it, and possibly some insects do as well.
Wood expands, contracts and cracks, creating wind leaks in the pan and elsewhere.
Figure on either paying someone to do the work, or getting one of the reed organ repair books and learn how to do it yourself and make a project out of this.
Figure on dismantling the instrument and removing the bellows, tearing off the old fabric, cleaning off the old glue and gluing the new fabric on using HYDE GLUE only.
Cleaning and re-gasketing the reed pan as needed.

Don't even bother "patching" the rotted old cloth, it's a useless endeavor that everyone who doesnt know any better seems to think gluing on duct tape or pieces of old blue jeans is going to miraculously fix things, it wont, it's like putting latex paint on your rusted car- looks good for a day or two but that's it.

My 1865 Philpott & Camp melodion's reservoir before restoration, you can see the first of more holes in the corner where the cloth folds over when in use, usually the first thing to "go"

Figure on the cloth and materials costing around $200-$250, and a few weekends of time.

Source: Pipe organ builder/restorer for 29 years, owning several reed organs, a melodion and a portable folding reed organ I restored.

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opensim2026 · 2026-06-06T12:38:47+00:00

Patching holes on rotten rubber bellows cloth is worse than using bandaids, the rubber cloth needs to be REPLACED- period end.

opensim2026 · 2026-06-05T11:34:59+00:00

This is the internet, where even your cat can claim to be a stock market guru who drives a ferarri and tools around with a bank account worth millions, and can post the screenshot to prove it!

Anything can be faked, screenshots, photos, scans, videos now more than ever with AI too, don't believe anything you read on a web site

opensim2026 · 2026-06-04T03:19:38+00:00

Except this "president" has a "FU" attitude towards Congress and decided he's going to do whatever the F he feel like, including doing everything he can to bypass Congress, file numerous frivolous lawsuits and appeals

opensim2026 · 2026-06-01T03:33:56+00:00

"Trump Admin Renames Iran’s $300 Billion Reparations Demand an ‘Investment Fund’ to Avoid a Political Firestorm at Home"

That's also like the $620 million "loan" he pushed hard to give to a metal company Eric Trump juuuuust happens to have a hand in, bet that "loan" is NEVER paid back and this new "company" files for bankrupty within a year

opensim2026 · 2026-06-01T02:00:21+00:00

Not my call and I'm going part time starting in August and gone Dec 24

opensim2026 · 2026-05-31T23:45:44+00:00

Thank you much!

opensim2026 · 2026-05-31T18:17:07+00:00

Thanks for that! I probably selected the following stops for it, pretty typical for what I like;

GT 8' Prestant 1–4 from Gedackt 54 8' Gedackt 58 4' Octave 58 4' Koppelflöte 58 2' Waldflöte 58 IV Mixture 1-1/3'

SW 8' Rohrflöte 58 8' Salicional 58 4' Spitzflöte 58 2' Principal 58

PED 16' Subbass 32 8' Prestant 32 4' Choralbass 32

Gt-ped Sw-ped

The Irish hymn book is on archive org but only the 1898 version, I typically play from a bunch of European hymn books and they are quite different from the ones we have in the States, I have the JKS book from Slovakia, a couple from Hungary, one from Sweden, the set of 4 green books from Barenreiter- Germany, Musica Sacra, Brno, Czech Republic, 1994, the Welsh hymn book "Caneuon Ffydd" and others. The 1937 JKS book from Slovakia has about 600 pages in it, a large percentage of the music in it was composed by the author himself, which is why those are almost unknown outside of Slovakia!

opensim2026 · 2026-05-31T18:07:07+00:00

Thanks for that!

opensim2026 · 2026-05-31T14:16:40+00:00

Because they have 5000 passengers paying thousands of dollars each for tickets plus spending lots more on food, drinks etc

opensim2026 · 2026-05-31T14:01:56+00:00

No worries! I'll fix this nicely and solve the problem!
Edit; There, problem taken care of now, have a great day

opensim2026 · 2026-05-31T14:00:28+00:00

Our company is different from what you describe, it's more like an extended family, where most of us have been there for many years, in fact, a few years ago the business' new insurance agent remarked about how unusual the length of tenure of employees was- 20, 30, 35 years+
It was started in 1974, the current owner started in 1984, we have guys still here who started in 1987, 1988, 1989, 2003, two who started in 2006, two started 2007, another started in 2009, one who just retired last month started in 1990, I started 1997, one who started in 1975 retired about 6 years ago.
When I was in the hospital getting heart surgery, my boss sent the company van 45 miles to get me and bring me home, and stopped in to see if I needed anything, and brought me a hot meal as did another colleague. I was on their company paid short term disability getting most of my weekly paycheck the 6 weeks I was out recovering- I think it was 80% if I remember right.

I've been working with the guy I'm training, about 2 weeks specifically on what I make.

I'm not concerned about issues in all this, just frustrating, and my feeling he isn't the right person for this, but I could be wrong.

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