Paul Mickelson plays the CONN CLASSIC organ 1950's ELECTRONIC ORGAN

• published: 07 Dec 2011
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So many of these great Conn organs sit not played . Better than digital by far! Paul Mickelson proves it on this record. Currently the one pictured around the start in this video is for sale in Dayton on Columbus Ohio Clist for peanuts! This is not the reason for the video, I love to play the organ and want to share the great artists and their recordings of the best organs that money can buy- the ANALOG ELECTRONIC ORGAN. Save one today! Easy to repair and will last several generations with simple electrolytic capacitor changes every 25-35 years. The tone generation is pure, the electrons come alive! Digital organs are like mankind trying to create life...only an imitation, but I'd say in another 10 years they just might get it- making digital just as tempermentally beautiful as analog that is. At least with Miditzer and Hauptwerk we can keep up on the progress for little to no monetary investment, but hey' these real vintage, and REAL analog organs are also little to nothing these days, plus they look better! Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty, get a soldering iron, turn on your left brain for a minute and look up how to do simple repairs on these treasures. Conn organs are among the best if not THE best. I have many organs of many makes- Wurlitzer, Hammond,Thomas, Gulbranen, and 2 Conn models now- a 1957 model 406, and a 1968 model 543. The 406 is a small spinet and is a tube individual oscillator organ like what Paul Mickelson is playing on this recording except Paul is playing a full size console organ and my little 406 is even smaller than the average spinet organ with it's 36 keys instead of the standard 42 keys per manual. The console organs have 61 keys on two manuals and 25 or 32 pedals. A bonafide classical organ at AGO specs will have 32 pedals. Paul Mickelson is playing a Conn Classic model 800 to 821... the 825's were transistorized. It is very hard to beat a Conn Classic for classical and a Conn tube model 645 for Theater. In fact listen to Don Baker 'Rise n' Shine' and 'Curtain Time' to compare the classical with the theater. Also listen to 'John Gart Conn organ Marches' to hear yet another great Conn tube organ. Get you one from 55' to 65' and clean the contacts and she'll play just fine. Oh' and be sure you adjust the contacts for the tabs. Often an organ that sounds in horrible repair can be brought back to like new just by cleaning the key and tab contacts.-Paul