Organ Parts Suppliers
Although this company is in the USA, and UK
buyers have to pay duty and delivery charges,
the overall cost is very competetive for 100%
reliable pallet valves, quality built, complete with
pads ready to fit. Quick service to the UK
. On their website look under Product
Catalogue/Series II All-Electric Valve for pdf
pages containing details.
Leather Suppliers
For Glockenspiels:
On Chapter 3 page 3 of their Catalogue
is Cuckoo Clock Bellows Leather
- 13" x 7" sheets @ £10.90 + p/p
(Code 0985 000115 )
and also Synthetic Bellows Material
- three A4 sheets @ £4.06 + p/p
(Code 0183 000115
- probably better suited to puffs)
MIDI Interfaces
USA supplier of SD Readers and Magnet
Drivers
for John Smith and other organs
French supplier of SD midi reader
and other MIDI interfaces such as Decoder
Boards - good prices!.
Organ Music Suppliers
Melvyn Wright's site
- also has Hints & Tips from
JS Organ builders
It should be noted that John does not necessarily
go along with the hints and tips provided here. Any
modifications are done at the builders risk and
some will detract from the designed performance.
John cannot enter into any correspondence on this
matter.
Specialists in 20 note MIDI arrangements with
over 340 songs available from top arrangers
such as: Hiddo Van Os, Stephen Simpson,
Amanda Liberty, O Carioca and Ian Dickinson.
All songs have a preview so you can listen to
them prior to purchase and are available for
immediate download after payment. The MIDI
files can be used to get a roll punched in
standard 110mm Raffin or 140mm John Smith
busker formats.
Miscellaneous
Using an iPhone/Android to Store/Play MIDI
files instead of an SD Card Reader.
(page on Don Johnson's website)
We were the first, In Europe to use Midi,
The first to fit it to an organ, and indeed the
first to supply new organs completly midi
Driven (No Keyframe).
But now 30 years on we do a lot more, we
can supply Various Midi attachments for
Mechanical Instruments,
Midi Music for Lots of Organ Scales from
Kevin Byrne and lots of others.
John Smith Organ Sites
Burl Updike's site
Wallace Venable's Site
General Organ Sites
British Organ Grinders Association
BOGA
