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1892 Mason & Hamlin Reed Organ Repair Part 2

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HackaweekTV

HackaweekTV

2 жыл бұрын

I found this Mason & Hamlin reed organ in an antique store and decided to bring it home. In this video I finish up repairs and play a few notes.
NOTE: This was originally released as part 1. Mistakes happen. :)

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@philipblick8887
@philipblick8887 29 күн бұрын
Great videos fascinating restoration congratulations from Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿
@HackaweekTV
@HackaweekTV 29 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@isaacposselt7089
@isaacposselt7089 2 жыл бұрын
This is a really cool project you did! Not everyone has the courage to do a project as this, as you've had to replace everything that the other guy missed. I really find that leather button you made very intriguing indeed! I didn't know you could make something like that! I have an organ with a sub bass and a tremolo, but it just has a wooden dowel to plung up and down. I just got the bellows restored on it, but need to replace the tremolo and sub bass gaskets as they have no sealing attributes left. I figured out also how to determine where the leak was coming from, as I sprayed some shaken Murphy oil on it; you just find where the bubbles have been absorbed, sortof the opposite of finding air leaks.
@slickwilley5482
@slickwilley5482 Жыл бұрын
26:41 "Well let's play some silly little thing" Proceeds to play an extremely beautiful, melodic, and deep piece just out of the blue.
@isaacposselt7089
@isaacposselt7089 2 жыл бұрын
Watching now the last part of your video, wow it's a beautiful sounding organ, get better at playing it!
@strife7333
@strife7333 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating to see the inner working/mechanisms. I always worry about the removal/reinstallation of screws with the old wood. Probably helps that its likely never been apart before.
@SeanBZA
@SeanBZA 2 жыл бұрын
You just have to make sure the same screw goes back in place, into the thread it originally cut in the wood. If the hole is worn out you can simply take some wood dust and a bit of wood glue, and make a putty, that you then partly fill the hole with, then put the oiled screw into the hole and put nearly into position, but not tight, and leave overnight for the glue to dry. Then remove screw, and put back into hole, to engage the new wood putty thread. Otherwise you drill the hole out, and put in a dowel plug, that you drill then to allow the screw to make a new thread into.
@glennmcclellan8853
@glennmcclellan8853 2 жыл бұрын
What a cool instrument project ! Sounds really good too 👍🏼👍🏼
@TheCypherBlu
@TheCypherBlu 9 ай бұрын
Great video! Thanks!!
@juliangerardcascio1111
@juliangerardcascio1111 Жыл бұрын
😊 Good to see 👀 you again !
@RockStarOscarStern634
@RockStarOscarStern634 2 жыл бұрын
I wish they made Reed Organs again cause of their versatility.
@RockStarOscarStern634
@RockStarOscarStern634 2 жыл бұрын
Barenreiter Verlag has released Realized Continuo Parts of Bach's Vocal Works (like BWV 248, BWV 244 etc) that'll sound amazing on a Reed Organ in Full Organ mode (all ranks of Reeds & Couplers on) cause it's great for playing Basso Continuo.
@wladjsj5547
@wladjsj5547 2 жыл бұрын
Really nice!!! missed you man! congratulations and see you next time
@johannessilver8653
@johannessilver8653 10 ай бұрын
I admire your skill to fix this complex antic instrument and make it work. I just got an organ too...Chicago Cottage. It seems to work pretty ok but two keys do not give sound with one stop. With other stops I get a sound but the other key gives it weak while the other normally. There is some hissing through with that weak sound key. Wonder I have to open the whole thing.
@HackaweekTV
@HackaweekTV 10 ай бұрын
Probably a stuck reed.
@yogiperogy
@yogiperogy 5 ай бұрын
If it’s a treble reed, it’s small and doesn’t take much in the way of accumulated dust or other detritus to ‘paralyze’ it. Open up the instrument and activate the stop involved. Carefully withdraw the affected reed (or reeds , one at a time) and wipe down both top and bottom of the tongue with a Q-tip moistened with alcohol - methanol (methyl hydrate) or isopropyl, aka rubbing alcohol - and repeat with a clean Q-tip. Reinstall and try playing to see if that has done the job.
@johannessilver8653
@johannessilver8653 3 ай бұрын
@@HackaweekTV Correct...dirt in it.
@johannessilver8653
@johannessilver8653 3 ай бұрын
@@yogiperogy Yes...thanks...I found dirt there...pulled reed out, cleaned...now it sounds and no hissing anymore.
@massmike11
@massmike11 2 жыл бұрын
Would a little soap help lube some of those wood moving parts?
@thehotone12
@thehotone12 10 ай бұрын
Omg Sir! You did a great job and you need to give yourself more credit! Can I hire you to restore mine?! Thx
@Davidjb37721
@Davidjb37721 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your time
@profeluisegarcia
@profeluisegarcia 9 ай бұрын
You are a MAESTRO¡¡¡ Thanks¡
@HackaweekTV
@HackaweekTV 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@sarathai2876
@sarathai2876 2 жыл бұрын
That organ is a piece of art. So many little parts.I love your videos you are always working on something cool. Just wondering do you have heat in your man cave ? this time of year it must be a little chilly.
@HackaweekTV
@HackaweekTV 2 жыл бұрын
A couple space heaters do well.
@RockStarOscarStern634
@RockStarOscarStern634 2 жыл бұрын
Stoplist on ths Organ?
@yogiperogy
@yogiperogy 5 ай бұрын
My understanding is that harmonia suck air downward through the reeds by the bellows creating a vacuum beneath the upper structure of the gubbins. Is that correct?
@HackaweekTV
@HackaweekTV 5 ай бұрын
Air is pushed through on a harmonium.
@keithf2512
@keithf2512 6 ай бұрын
I have a Mason & Hamlin and I am hoping you can help me. The long baffle door that runs under the keyboard does not close all the way. Is it supposed to stay open a little bit?
@HackaweekTV
@HackaweekTV 5 ай бұрын
I think it should close but if it's open a bit it's OK.
@Davidjb37721
@Davidjb37721 2 жыл бұрын
How do you like your electric car
@HackaweekTV
@HackaweekTV 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love it!
@andygarbi8645
@andygarbi8645 Жыл бұрын
Hello from the UK - thanks for making this video. I am restoring a M & H missionary's harmonium 1879 and was wondering if you had any tips for repairing leaking bellows - can they be patched? If so what material would you recommend? Many thanks in advance.
@BobRecordsTV
@BobRecordsTV 8 ай бұрын
Hi, I have the same question, have you been able to fix your bellows eventually?
@andygarbi8645
@andygarbi8645 8 ай бұрын
Hello - I eventually went with kid leather and so far the bellows are air tight
@BobRecordsTV
@BobRecordsTV 8 ай бұрын
@@andygarbi8645 Thank You!
@lindarawlins3271
@lindarawlins3271 2 жыл бұрын
I was hoping to see the bellows…ours isn’t working. No air being pumped in when working the pedals.
@HackaweekTV
@HackaweekTV 2 жыл бұрын
Probably a tear in the fabric.
@fractul22over7
@fractul22over7 2 жыл бұрын
I reckon that smells good
@HackaweekTV
@HackaweekTV 2 жыл бұрын
It does. Smells like an old piano.
@lonerider5982
@lonerider5982 2 жыл бұрын
Wow
@csnpasuruan8158
@csnpasuruan8158 2 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍👍
@rhinomechanics8423
@rhinomechanics8423 2 жыл бұрын
sometimes ya gotta think backwards to move forward.
@bashkillszombies
@bashkillszombies 2 жыл бұрын
Dang you waste a lot of leather, you must grow it off your own back or something!
@HackaweekTV
@HackaweekTV 2 жыл бұрын
No waste, the left over went back into the scrap pile I pulled it out of.
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