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

[r_ruggiero <r_ruggiero@global2000.net>]

> 
> 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
> 
> 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).
> 
Steve, 

I have to point out that you failed to mention my personal favorite:

Egyptian Bazu 8'  00 1315 034

I have yet to find *any* organ anywhere with an 8' Egyptian Bazu.  It's a 
good thing Irwin wrote it down so we know what one sounds like. . .

Rick