Re: B-3 weight; a white lie about 'numbers'

["Steve Leigh" <stleigh@ibm.net>]

On 01 Oct 96 07:39:31 EDT, Steve Sorenson wrote:

>In his organ stops book, Mr. Stevens Irwin comes up with the following (only a
>tiny, tiny bit of his whole list):
>
>Larigot 1 1/3'                           000000060
>Open Quint 5 1/3'                   070030010
>Prestant 8'                               007766332
>Prinzipal 8'                               008876540
>Quint 5 1/3'                              070000000
>Heckelphone 8'                      004554430
>Tuba d'Amore 8'                     004553332
>Mellophone 8'                         005776540
>
>etc.
>
>Only one of many possible drawbar settings is included for each of the names
>above (Irwin must have spent years matching names to drawbar settings, after
>which I believe he went berserk and was confined to an institution).
>
>The Mellophone is actually the original sound imitated by the Mellotron, and
>each Mellotron sound can be achieved simply by setting one of the 13 Mellophone
>drawbar combinations.  No messy tape loops!
>
>The Heckelphone always comes in handy at political campaign rallies and 
>sporting
>events, and, really, it's so much easier and elegant to use the Tuba d'Amore
>setting to get your wife in the mood than to stagger around with a real tuba.  
>
>I think I'll stop now.  Too much coffee to early in the morning.
>
>Steve 
>

Great message, Steve!  Thanks!



Steve Leigh
stleigh@ibm.net
Canine Training - Lutz, Florida