Richard J. Weisenberger - 11/02/00 17:11:24
My URL:http://home.switchboard.com/fluepipeacoustics
My Email:rjweis00@yahoo.com
Suggested Link: http://www.nmol.com/users/wblocker/ScalingLaws.htm
Favorite Organ: Atlantic City Convention Hall's Midmer-Losh (I'd love to see it completed and used)

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I have loved the pipe organ since I first discovered it in 1968 at age 18. Between 1974-1978 I was doing independent research on flue pipe acoustics, relating scaling and cutup to operating pressure and output. Between 1978-1982 I wrote a technical column dealing with my findings in Theatre Organ magazine. In 1984 I received U.S. Patent 4429656 on a new class of whistle of extreme power and efficiency. I called it a toroidal whistle, since it's power chamber resembled a toroid rather than a cylinder. Using a blower of 150 HP delivering 15 PSI @ 1800 CFM I was able to achieve an output of 125 dBC @ 100 feet (155 dB @ 1 meter) at a frequency of 430 Hz on axis. This is about the same output as a large steam Tyfon horn as used on modern ocean liners. Its output exceeds that of any existing cylindrical whistle, such as the three bell Smith Hyson whistles once used on ocean liners like the Titanic and Mauretania. In 1987 I received U.S. Patent 4686928 on an inverted toroidal horn loaded whistle capable of 135 dB @ 100 feet (165 dB @ 1 meter) on axis using only 15 PSI @ 1350 CFM. This whistle is as loud as a 50 HP rotating directional siren, less directional and has improved far field propagation and penetration of buildings as compared to a 50 HP siren, due to its low harmonic content. Between 1988-1994 I was publisher of Horn & Whistle magazine, the journal of the Air Horn and Steam Whistle Enthusiasts. Between 1994-1996 I wrote regularly on the e-discussion list, Piporg-L. Most recently the results of my experimental research have been used to prove a number of theories regarding the generation of sound in flue pipes by a Dr. Wade Blocker of Albuquerque, NM, who independently approached the answers to the same questions from a theoretical viewpoint and arrived at the same conclusions. For more information and videos of a small pipe organ I designed and built between 1975-1976 and my toroidal whistle test at the Greater Cincinnati/Northern KY Airport in July, 1982, visit my URL at switchboard.com and Dr. Blocker's URL at nmol.com listed above.

Mark Reynolds - 07/22/00 23:38:25
My URL:http://zugstar@aol.com
Favorite Organ: All of Them

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I just bought a surplus 13 rank Pilcher presenly in piles. Can I make it work?

Sue Dorsett - 07/09/00 16:32:27
My Email:JVDSAD@aol.com

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So nice to find this site! I used to be an organist in Louisville in the 70's. Member of the AGO there, too. Sub in many churches, primarily the old St Matthews Baptist: Music Director at Meadowview Presb. I'll come back to this site again! Hello to all my old friends.

Tim Young - 02/24/00 06:16:45
My Email:timyoung1@aol.com

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I grew up in St. Matthews and attended St. Matthews Baptist. I'm now organist at Holy Trinity Lutheran in Marietta, Ga. Nice to find this web site! Will keep up with it. Thanks!

David Czopek - 12/14/99 12:35:19
My Email:dczopek@prodigy.net

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Thanks for the site, I've just always liked organs. I'm from suburban Detroit working in Louisville for Ford. Five years ago while down here I went to an organ recital. I love it. Where can I get info on recitals?

Michael Hollman - 11/18/99 18:05:07
My Email:mhollman@mail.fwi.com
Favorite Organ: Casavant-Basillica Montreal

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David Pratt - 11/04/99 18:43:52
My Email:dpratt@bardstown.com

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Thank you for stopping by Ascension Episcopal in Bardstown to look at our on-going organ installation. We enjoyed talking to you and hope to have it playing by Christmas. I enjoyed looking at your website. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

jane - 10/05/99 19:15:44
My Email:strose62@hotmail.com

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Our 70 year old pipe organ in our Church in Vincennes , IN is blower is broke. Looking for a craftsman to at least look at. Do you have any in the Louisville area. Thanks

jane - 10/05/99 19:15:23
My Email:strose62@hotmail.com

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Our 70 year old pipe organ in our Church in Vincennes , IN is blower is broke. Looking for a craftsman to at least look at. Do you have any in the Louisville area. Thanks

Donald Owens - 09/22/99 17:39:24
My Email:antbeast01@aol.com

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jim slatin - 09/08/99 01:40:20
My Email:js@ymac@aol.com
Suggested Link: none
Favorite Organ: male or female?

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great website! I see alot of talent here; like to hear you play sometime!

Carol Smart - 08/28/99 00:36:23
My Email:carolsmart@lgcy.com

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David Van Bouwel - 07/23/99 02:51:47
My URL:http://www.oocities.org/Vienna/Opera/5020/
My Email:dvbouwel@ism.com.br

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Nice and interesting website ! Go on with your work. I am a Belgian organist who is at the moment in Brazil and giving concerts here. I saw here some great instruments. I am bussy with collecting pictures and information about these organs wich i am putti g time by time on my site. See you David Van Bouwel

Thomas Orr - 07/12/99 01:24:46
My Email:thomaso@azstarnet.com

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What a beautiful photo of a gallery pipe organ, no doubt somewhere in the vicinity of Louisville. Web sites such as this are important to the furtherance and advance of the pipe organ. Thanks for all that you have done to make it so and to keep it going. Sincerely. Tom in the Dese

Jeff Scofield - 06/18/99 01:29:53
My Email:traveldesk@mindspring.com
Favorite Organ: Auditorium

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I took an photo organtour thru Louisville around 5 years ago, so I enjoyed your website. I would suggest condensing stoplists to one page if possible--more user-friendly, at least for me. Keep up the good work - I wish other cities had something like thi .

Stefan from Germany - 04/23/99 11:51:33
My Email:laydy@t-online.de

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How can I find an adress from Steiner-Reck organ builders, or don't they have Internet or email?

Charles York - 04/06/99 03:41:36
My Email:CHASYORK@aol.com
Favorite Organ: Not a toaster

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Win Meeker - 12/03/98 22:12:37
My Email:wvmlex@msn.com

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Doing fund raising to put Wurlitzer back in the Kentucky Theater in Downtown Lexington, KY. Any great ideas?!

Timothy L. Baker - 08/28/98 05:50:01
My Email:Kewlpipes@aol.com
Favorite Organ: Memorial Auditorium

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Harvey Browne is finished and working. Add it to your page. Come by and hear it. Awesome! Great Website. Keep up the good work.

James J. Lytton - 05/22/98 02:30:53
My Email:jlytton@menaulschool.com

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Great Site! Keep up the great work!

Dr. T. K. Martinez - 04/23/98 02:41:13
My Email:Martinez29@hotmail.com
Favorite Organ: Skinner

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Love the web site

Doug Hezlep - 04/14/98 06:02:06
My Email:deh827@aol.com
Favorite Organ: Seminary Chapel

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I enjoyed your site, and look forward to the additions.

Laura Miracle - 03/27/98 01:45:31
My Email:You know it
Favorite Organ: Southern Baptist Seminary(?)

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Page looks great!

John Cotler - 02/19/98 02:44:10
My Email:johncotler@hotmail.com
Favorite Organ: Symphony Hall, Boston

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Great pages!!! Keep up the good work. John