Wow! You have some VERY RARE stuff in this video (especially the Hupfeld at 4:17 and the Eldorado at 10:30). In November 2008, did you by any chance see a token box for the Moon of Manakoora (the large ensemble in the actual house once you enter the original house from the Infinity Room)? If so, was it "out of order" at that point?
I'd have to see another video to remember what the Moon of Manakoora is, it's been a while since I was there, I might visit again in September or around then. The Hupfeld was broken in 2014 and 2015 (not sure about nowadays), but if you someday wanted to see a well-maintained one, the Sanfilippo Mansion in Barrington IL has one on display, if you can go there on a tour/event, you can see it. Sanfilippo has orchestrions and band/fairground organs that make it a little similar to the House on the Rock, all are regularly serviced by a crew. A guy on the Organ Forum said that a friend of his had worked on machines at the HOTR, and they've been having problems getting the machines working again due to them having old and inconsistent player mechanics. He said "It is a daunting task since most of it was built in stages with many different techniques, controllers, interfaces and storage media." I also might be the first person to ever try to get closeup photos of the organ consoles (to see the names on the stop tabs), I put up a web page for that here, I even attempted to get a photo of behind the large one, to see if it had any relay boards/wiring: ryan.thoryk.com/organs/hotr/index.html
@@eventhorizon005 This is a link to the audio tracks from "the Moon of Manakoora" as featured on one of the official the House on the Rock CDs they released . I also have pictures that go with track. I saw it worked back in 2006 and that was the last year it was known to work. th-cam.com/video/2L-b4DJTUVw/w-d-xo.html
@@eventhorizon005 Also, if your interested, I am a member of the House on the Rock music machine Facebook Group. Let me know if your interested in joining. facebook.com/groups/395654407965650
@@eventhorizon005 Yes the Hupfeld is today is out of service due to a broken motor. It however did work in July 2016 but that was apparently the last time. I have been to Sanfilippo and got to see that Hupfeld. It is quite impressive!
This is a picture of the Moon of Manakoora from your photo album. I can tell that it is out of service here because of the Santas on the drums and those wouldn't be there if it played: ryan.thoryk.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=10649
Wow! The Hupfeld sounds great!
Wow! You have some VERY RARE stuff in this video (especially the Hupfeld at 4:17 and the Eldorado at 10:30). In November 2008, did you by any chance see a token box for the Moon of Manakoora (the large ensemble in the actual house once you enter the original house from the Infinity Room)? If so, was it "out of order" at that point?
I'd have to see another video to remember what the Moon of Manakoora is, it's been a while since I was there, I might visit again in September or around then. The Hupfeld was broken in 2014 and 2015 (not sure about nowadays), but if you someday wanted to see a well-maintained one, the Sanfilippo Mansion in Barrington IL has one on display, if you can go there on a tour/event, you can see it. Sanfilippo has orchestrions and band/fairground organs that make it a little similar to the House on the Rock, all are regularly serviced by a crew. A guy on the Organ Forum said that a friend of his had worked on machines at the HOTR, and they've been having problems getting the machines working again due to them having old and inconsistent player mechanics. He said "It is a daunting task since most of it was built in stages with many different techniques, controllers, interfaces and storage media."
I also might be the first person to ever try to get closeup photos of the organ consoles (to see the names on the stop tabs), I put up a web page for that here, I even attempted to get a photo of behind the large one, to see if it had any relay boards/wiring:
ryan.thoryk.com/organs/hotr/index.html
@@eventhorizon005 This is a link to the audio tracks from "the Moon of Manakoora" as featured on one of the official the House on the Rock CDs they released . I also have pictures that go with track. I saw it worked back in 2006 and that was the last year it was known to work. th-cam.com/video/2L-b4DJTUVw/w-d-xo.html
@@eventhorizon005 Also, if your interested, I am a member of the House on the Rock music machine Facebook Group. Let me know if your interested in joining. facebook.com/groups/395654407965650
@@eventhorizon005 Yes the Hupfeld is today is out of service due to a broken motor. It however did work in July 2016 but that was apparently the last time. I have been to Sanfilippo and got to see that Hupfeld. It is quite impressive!
This is a picture of the Moon of Manakoora from your photo album. I can tell that it is out of service here because of the Santas on the drums and those wouldn't be there if it played: ryan.thoryk.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=10649
And in 2014 and 2015, did you see the Hearse work? This is a link to the recording of it: th-cam.com/video/GXDVNY2ol6w/w-d-xo.html
I don't think I remember that, so I'm not sure. I might be able to take note of it when I visit again.
@@eventhorizon005 It today is out of service so you will be able to see it but not see it play (it is right across the way from Miss Kitty's Boudoir).