hatricklov Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Asking for a friend... he got this Thomas organ from his grandparents and is asking what model it is, if it's repairable and what it's worth? Quote MainStage; Hammond SK1-73; Roland XP-80, JV-90, JV-1080, JV-1010, AX-1; Korg microSAMPLER; Boss DR-880; Beat Buddy; Neo Instruments Ventilator; TC Electronic ND-1 Nova Delay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Before I clicked on the pictures I was going to say it's worthless. Now I'm not so sure. That's a fascinating critter. From the Thomas organ history page: "The first Thomas organs had one manual and about ten stops. These stops were dial controls and operated just like the volume control on a television set. One model of this type was the Talking Organ and had a built-in phonograph, which used records for lessons and was called the Built-In Teacher. These early models used a shared-generator system, which utilized one generator for every two adjacent notes. Soon, this clumsy system was abandoned and Thomas went to master oscillators. Two-manual and pedal models with a larger number of stop dials were introduced and the dials eventually gave way to conventional stops with a minimum of dials for less important functions, that is, vibrato depth and speed, pedal volume, repeat percussion speed and manual balance." I wouldn't throw serious money into its repair, but someone may want it as a curiosity or as as a unique tone on a recording. Quote 9 Moog things, 3 Roland things, 2 Hammond things and a computer with stuff on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Just an FYI, a picture won't show up in a post unless it has a file extension of .jpg, .png, .gif, etc... Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoodyBluesKeys Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 My goodness, serviced electronic instruments for 25 years, and don't remember ever seeing a Thomas that old (though I have seen tube models). Primary value would be probably to antique collector or museum, although might get some unique sounds for recording (that would be hard to exactly duplicate if it quit working). Thomas went out of business years before the time when most of the organ companies did, so a web search of early models is likely the only way to possibly get a model number, though the later ones always had a model and serial number somewhere on the back. Quote Howard Grand|Hamm SK1-73|Kurz PC2|PC2X|PC3|PC3X|PC361; QSC K10's HP DAW|Epi Les Paul & LP 5-str bass|iPad mini2 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatricklov Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Just an FYI, a picture won't show up in a post unless it has a file extension of .jpg, .png, .gif, etc... Good to know... I just tried editing the link and it didn't work. The original file has a *.jpg extension and I just used the shareable link option from Google Drive. I always seem to have issues with posting pics on this forum. What am I missing here? Quote MainStage; Hammond SK1-73; Roland XP-80, JV-90, JV-1080, JV-1010, AX-1; Korg microSAMPLER; Boss DR-880; Beat Buddy; Neo Instruments Ventilator; TC Electronic ND-1 Nova Delay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Just an FYI, a picture won't show up in a post unless it has a file extension of .jpg, .png, .gif, etc... Good to know... I just tried editing the link and it didn't work. The original file has a *.jpg extension and I just used the shareable link option from Google Drive. I always seem to have issues with posting pics on this forum. What am I missing here? What you're missing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatricklov Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Just an FYI, a picture won't show up in a post unless it has a file extension of .jpg, .png, .gif, etc... Good to know... I just tried editing the link and it didn't work. The original file has a *.jpg extension and I just used the shareable link option from Google Drive. I always seem to have issues with posting pics on this forum. What am I missing here? What you're missing... Still missing it apparently... Here's the copied link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-yz3Wqif22cnL9q4az-LT9p5VIqi1rNk I've tried it by itself, adding .jpg, using the 'Insert Image Link' button and pasting the link, using the 'Insert Image Link' button and pasting the link + adding .jpg. My apologies, I usually don't have technical issues like this. Quote MainStage; Hammond SK1-73; Roland XP-80, JV-90, JV-1080, JV-1010, AX-1; Korg microSAMPLER; Boss DR-880; Beat Buddy; Neo Instruments Ventilator; TC Electronic ND-1 Nova Delay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Still missing it apparently... Here's the copied link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-yz3Wqif22cnL9q4az-LT9p5VIqi1rNk I've tried it by itself, adding .jpg, using the 'Insert Image Link' button and pasting the link, using the 'Insert Image Link' button and pasting the link + adding .jpg. My apologies, I usually don't have technical issues like this. You cannot embed an image on this forum with a link like that. It doesn't actually contain the image name or path. It has an indirect id instead which the drive website converts to the actual file path. They (and some other websites) do that expressly for the purpose of preventing their images from being linked. Bastards. Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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