I am amazed by this acrylic masterpiece you gave life to. The sound is clear and all pipes are well-tuned. Never seen a transparent organ before! Absolute top engineering you have "clearly" proven!
This is so beautiful! I am a physics teacher and I have my students build little flutes when we are studying sound. I'm going to show them your project and I'm sure that they will be very impressed.
Took me a while to appreciate that its playing like a player piano would with a punched paper roll. Perhaps a brief walk through of the mechanics from bellows to roll to pipes might help others. Awesome job!
Very nice indeed! I like the layout of the individual components to help visualize the function of each. Excellent design. It's a rare opportunity to see INSIDE the bellows and valves as they're working. dan
Great little demo organ showing all of the elements of a player organ. Thanks for sharing this. Being an organ builder myself, I appreciate your showing the world this wonderful art.
This is very remarkable and must have taken a great many hours, so congratulations! Your build quality looks to be immaculate. One thing which strikes me is that, with clear, plastic pipes, it is very obvious that there is *nothing* to see inside the pipe, which may come as a surprise to some people. The only suggestion I can make which might improve the design (for anyone wishing to make their own) is to have the overblow valves not in the 2 feeders, but in the base of the reservoir and arranged so that, when the reservoir is full, the one feeder vents into the other through the reservoir. (i.e. the feeder which is blowing would effectively blow excess air into the feeder which is filling.) That way, there would be no background 'chuffing' sound.
Thank you Offshoreorganbuilder. It was made for demonstration purposes. It is easy to show and explain all the parts. Funny observation about the pipes; and yet, even seeing that nothing is inside and the big cap at the end, people still hover their hands over the pipes to feel the wind...The overblow return would be a good addition but would deviate from the purpose of this machine. It had to be very simple, with a minimum of parts. See that there is no valves for the pipes (air goes thru the paper holes, straight to the pipes).
I think I'm finally starting to understand how these work. So basically, air is pressurized to the box where the roll is, and air passes through the holes punched in the paper, into the holes beneath the paper, directing pressurized air through a tube to the chime/pipe? For some reason, I had assumed air was coming up through the holes and through the punch holes in the paper to then somehow play the note. Makes much more sense now that I understand what exactly is being pressurized.
Cool! Have you though about adding stripes to the moving parts like the belts so that you can see how motion is transferred around to the different components?
@Hi klockwerken, thank-you The think is operating at 4”W.C. The pressure is regulated only by the spring and a simple spill valve. The bellows are connected to the reservoir by brass nipples and a hose. I will send more details by personal message. Wagner
Wow! Impressive! Did you arrange the music for the punched sheet, too? A lot of effort went into this model. Wish I had it to show my choirs! Oop! Should've watched all the way to the end of the credits.
I want one, where can I buy one of these or buy the plans to build my own? This would fit nicely atop my organ console but I must have one. This little critter is soooo cute.
I would love to know how or where to get plans to build something simular to this. I love the clear acrlic and love watching how machines like these work. If you can head me in a direction on how I can build my own that would be awesome.
I would like to build organ pipes from acrylic glass too, but i don't have any idea how to get them in the right size. Could you please send me building instructions or scaling formulas to build pipes like yours?
Would also need a way to keep the speed constant so that whatever is played has a constant pitch. Might be easier to use a motor though which can be locked at the correct speed.
jmcinvale As long as the regulators function and the pipes are fed the necessary minimum wind pressure, the pitch should remain the same. Only the tempo would change.
Hi! I don't suppose you sell this incredible organ, do you? Did you only make the one unit? I would REALLY like to purchase the setup you have - the organ and the two songs you play on the video. .. please let me know if it's available for sale
Hi Edward. No, I don't' make organs for sale. This organ is a version of John Smith Busker Organ You can get the plans for it at johnsmithbusker.co.uk. Music is available at melright.com/busker/
Hello, i know this is an old video, but could you help me with a question? The tune plays to the beat of the crank and bellows, yet the music sheet is being pulled over the note holes by the same thing that collects it. If the circumference increases as more paper is being pulled onto it, how does it maintain the same beat? Surely the increase of circumference traveling at a stable RPM means the paper would have to speed up? My question is am i wrong is this assumption, or is it compensated in some way? Thanks :)
Hi MrMyers758, you are right. With the increase in diameter/circumference the RPM on the crank must be adjusted to maintain the same apparent speed of the paper over the holes, in mm/sec. This organ was designed to work with about 80 mm/sec of paper. This speed corresponds to about 60 RPM on the crank (given the reduction on the pulleys), which is a comfortable speed for hand crank. The adjustment is done by the player, who has total control of the speed. There is no connection between beat/crank/bellows. Wagner
This was the same exact music that played when I went inside that clowns van to get free candy. He gave me a funny tasting soda, it made me pass out. Next thing i know i woke up on my front porch and everything hurt. But it was not the physical trauma that haunted me, it was the feeling that no matter how many showers I take, ill always be dirty :(
OMG I am inspired to do something similar for my semester engineering project, have to apply an FPGA, so I'll guess I'll make an electronic control or something xD How much did this cost?
Welcome to the people that are getting this in their recommended
idk why im here
@@xtocy96 but it sure is fun isn't it?
@@waden9933 Interesting yeah, I never complained :D
Why the hell am I here
Hello. Idk why but I'm here
And it's awesome.😊😊
My new soundtrack for any kind of activities
Now those are some “sparkling CLEAR flutes” for sure!
Sorry organ not clavier😉
I am amazed by this acrylic masterpiece you gave life to. The sound is clear and all pipes are well-tuned. Never seen a transparent organ before! Absolute top engineering you have "clearly" proven!
This is so beautiful! I am a physics teacher and I have my students build little flutes when we are studying sound. I'm going to show them your project and I'm sure that they will be very impressed.
I‘m just waiting until this eventually gets recommended to everyone even more years after its creation.
Yup
Yup
hello
Here I am, only 12 years late.
Dear Santa.... I want one of these! PRETTY PLEASSEEEEE!!!!
what a delightful little tune and it's always nice to see how one of these works, especially when you don't have one yourself
that is a nicer song and the cool mechanic that gone into that organ is crazy
Magnificent see through machine - even the drive belts are transparent!
Took me a while to appreciate that its playing like a player piano would with a punched paper roll. Perhaps a brief walk through of the mechanics from bellows to roll to pipes might help others. Awesome job!
Thank-you all.
The Organ will be presented tomorrow at the MBSI annual meeting
Afterwards it will be used at public demonstrations.
Wagner
Hi Pierre
"The Sun has Got His Hat On" and "Lili Marlene"
Great choice of materials - and music - looking forward to more.
A masterpiece of musical acrylics!!!!!!!! Well done!
Delightful. Beatuful craftsmanship, nice sound, fun tunes. I want one !
Very nice indeed! I like the layout of the individual components to help visualize the function of each. Excellent design. It's a rare opportunity to see INSIDE the bellows and valves as they're working.
dan
Such a happy instrument!
Great little demo organ showing all of the elements of a player organ. Thanks for sharing this. Being an organ builder myself, I appreciate your showing the world this wonderful art.
Thank you, fnersch
This is awesome!
PS to the people that left comments in the past, you’re better off staying there. People are crazy now 🤪
Outstanding! Your expertise with acrylics is very impressive as well as the design of the project.
This is the coolest thing I have ever seen! I loved it!!!!
Simply delightful!
This is very remarkable and must have taken a great many hours, so congratulations! Your build quality looks to be immaculate.
One thing which strikes me is that, with clear, plastic pipes, it is very obvious that there is *nothing* to see inside the pipe, which may come as a surprise to some people.
The only suggestion I can make which might improve the design (for anyone wishing to make their own) is to have the overblow valves not in the 2 feeders, but in the base of the reservoir and arranged so that, when the reservoir is full, the one feeder vents into the other through the reservoir. (i.e. the feeder which is blowing would effectively blow excess air into the feeder which is filling.) That way, there would be no background 'chuffing' sound.
Thank you Offshoreorganbuilder.
It was made for demonstration purposes. It is easy to show and explain all the parts. Funny observation about the pipes; and yet, even seeing that nothing is inside and the big cap at the end, people still hover their hands over the pipes to feel the wind...The overblow return would be a good addition but would deviate from the purpose of this machine. It had to be very simple, with a minimum of parts. See that there is no valves for the pipes (air goes thru the paper holes, straight to the pipes).
Another tweak is to use three feeder bellows rather than two, so that the airstream will be more continuous.
Amazing!,never seen an organ with plastic pipes,great voicing!
GREAT! A real delight to look and listen. especially like the lili Marlene......get going and build more to sell......thanks@!
this sounds like a caliope on a Mississippi steam boat, or at an old fashioned outdoor circus! many thanks it wa most enjoyable.
cool. But where is the 32' rank for the pedal?!!
No 64‘! 😃😄
@@pyrokreisgrevenbroich7486 Rookie numbers!
128' and 256' pipes.
@Marcelo de Oliveira Santos Wdym?
This would make an incredible kit!
That's amazing. Plus you did Lili Marleen.
Most excellent thanks from Orlando Florida
Brilliant creativity!
Interesant om te zien en te horen. Dit is een hoop werk geweest veel succes er mee.
Genial, se ve que el que lo ha hecho tiene mucha facilidad para esas cosas, porque está perfecto.
The Bellows and Pipes where made loosely according to the plans from John Smith "Busker". I've made a CAD Drawing for the whole project
Are your plans available in PDF so I can just print them?
Please send info about plans!
That is an amazing organ! Mind if you can tell us how to make one?
I love pipe organs. That one is so cool.
unbelievable wat a super-sound . And thats from PVC!
I like it!
it's fantastic :D
Greatings From Holland!!
Amazing. For some reason I have a sudden urge to play Rollercoaster Tycoon though.
Fantastic
Very Great Work! Wonderful. Regards.
As usual FlpBusker, that's just marvelous - regards, Peter
Very good construction!
If it was all brass and wood, it would be an excellent Steampunk creation!
Nice tone, voicing and tone! Should offer as a kit.
Very cool!
DELIGHTED!!!!!!!!!!
すげーーー！
I think I'm finally starting to understand how these work. So basically, air is pressurized to the box where the roll is, and air passes through the holes punched in the paper, into the holes beneath the paper, directing pressurized air through a tube to the chime/pipe? For some reason, I had assumed air was coming up through the holes and through the punch holes in the paper to then somehow play the note. Makes much more sense now that I understand what exactly is being pressurized.
This is so cool.
I love it!
So cute! I want one!
Cool!
Have you though about adding stripes to the moving parts like the belts so that you can see how motion is transferred around to the different components?
Amazing!
Thank you Richard.
@Hi klockwerken, thank-you
The think is operating at 4”W.C.
The pressure is regulated only by the spring and a simple spill valve.
The bellows are connected to the reservoir by brass nipples and a hose.
I will send more details by personal message.
Wagner
Amazing, and what a sound!!!
Fantastic!
Brilliant!
Wooooow todo un arte!!
🤠
That is true. I had forgotten about that.
Awesome
@FlpBusker Thanks.
ps: 'love your works.
EXCELENT!!!!!, LIKE IT!!!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Wow! Impressive! Did you arrange the music for the punched sheet, too? A lot of effort went into this model. Wish I had it to show my choirs! Oop! Should've watched all the way to the end of the credits.
Cool asf
Extreeeeeemly delightful in both sight and sound. Do you sell plans? Thank you, pierre from New Mexico
fantastic.....
1:52 OMG "Lili Marlene"!!!
I know - right! Perfect!
Wonderful. Too bad you don't have any shots of the program and mechanical scanning. One might think that you have it with the help of electronics.
Hi! Very nice instrument!!! Are acrylic pipes?
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! Are there plans for this? I must make one!
What a great idea! Is this destined for a children's museum somewhere or will you end up using it yourself?
Dank je enziflex
Would be interesting if a pipe organ builder decided to build a rank of pipes using acrylic. Wonder how that would sound in a full pipe organ.
I want one, where can I buy one of these or buy the plans to build my own? This would fit nicely atop my organ console but I must have one. This little critter is soooo cute.
Where do you obtain the paper roll, or how do you make it?
Did you make it yourself? Nice!
I would love to know how or where to get plans to build something simular to this. I love the clear acrlic and love watching how machines like these work. If you can head me in a direction on how I can build my own that would be awesome.
Based on the plans by John Smith "Busker".
Fanfukintastic!!
I would like to build organ pipes from acrylic glass too, but i don't have any idea how to get them in the right size. Could you please send me building instructions or scaling formulas to build pipes like yours?
Sir I would gladly pay for a .pdf copy of the plans!
Doug
Now the mystery is how the paper rolls are made.
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Brilliant organ. Is it the same mechanism as a John Smith busker organ?
Silly question...I can see it is! Great stuff!
That's cool
ha! that's cool! cute too!!
Wow
wow
Would adding smoke be a possibility, so that you could see the airflow? or would that cause damage or leave residue in the long run?
Que lindo..donde se consiguen planos para construir uno..
Would also need a way to keep the speed constant so that whatever is played has a constant pitch.
Might be easier to use a motor though which can be locked at the correct speed.
jmcinvale As long as the regulators function and the pipes are fed the necessary minimum wind pressure, the pitch should remain the same. Only the tempo would change.
Hi! I don't suppose you sell this incredible organ, do you? Did you only make the one unit? I would REALLY like to purchase the setup you have - the organ and the two songs you play on the video. .. please let me know if it's available for sale
Hi Edward. No, I don't' make organs for sale. This organ is a version of John Smith Busker Organ
You can get the plans for it at johnsmithbusker.co.uk. Music is available at melright.com/busker/
Hello, i know this is an old video, but could you help me with a question?
The tune plays to the beat of the crank and bellows, yet the music sheet is being pulled over the note holes by the same thing that collects it. If the circumference increases as more paper is being pulled onto it, how does it maintain the same beat? Surely the increase of circumference traveling at a stable RPM means the paper would have to speed up?
My question is am i wrong is this assumption, or is it compensated in some way?
Thanks :)
Hi MrMyers758, you are right.
With the increase in diameter/circumference the RPM on the crank must be adjusted to maintain the same apparent speed of the paper over the holes, in mm/sec.
This organ was designed to work with about 80 mm/sec of paper. This speed corresponds to about 60 RPM on the crank (given the reduction on the pulleys), which is a comfortable speed for hand crank.
The adjustment is done by the player, who has total control of the speed.
There is no connection between beat/crank/bellows.
Wagner
Thank you very much for answering :)
Great for learning how the bellows and regulator works. Do you plan on adding a tremulent?
This was the same exact music that played when I went inside that clowns van to get free candy. He gave me a funny tasting soda, it made me pass out. Next thing i know i woke up on my front porch and everything hurt. But it was not the physical trauma that haunted me, it was the feeling that no matter how many showers I take, ill always be dirty :(
I want one! Where can I buy one?
Be cool if you put some smoked air in the system to see how it travels
Would be cool, but I could imagine it could be bad for the airchest and bellows.
Do you have any drawings for the acrylic pipes and the bellows?
키트가 있다면 직접 조립해보고싶습니다.
OMG I am inspired to do something similar for my semester engineering project, have to apply an FPGA, so I'll guess I'll make an electronic control or something xD How much did this cost?