The Magnus Duette Chord Organ: Cleaning, Disassembly, and Recording
A while ago, we had a Magnus Duette chord organ that was really dirty but otherwise in great condition. It looked like it had been stored indoors for many years, but then moved outside for just enough time to become blanketed in pine needles. Then, we got ahold of it.
In Restoration: Wurlitzer 207a
At this point, we have only opened up this Wurlitzer 207a in order to clean it. However, we did take a thousand pictures of the very cool (and completely untouched) circuit boards inside the keyboard. So we thought we’d do a quick post to share the disassembly process.
In Restoration: Wurlitzer 203w
We’re always very excited when we have a vintage Wurlitzer 203w in the shop. There are so many reasons why:
The casters. They are amazing. The Wurlitzer itself has this space-age plastic top, but the casters are more old-fashioned: vaguely Victorian-looking, actually. They really are the cherry on top of the retro-futuristic look of the keyboard. Not every console 200/200a has casters. They’re cool with or without casters, of course, but the casters definitely add style points.
In Restoration: August 2018
We drove through the eastern U.S. on a pickup/delivery run last week. (Little-known fact! We do deliver long-distance. More info here.) We dropped off our gorgeous Wurlitzer 720a, and then picked up a handful of new pieces: a teacher/student 206a/207a pair, a 203w wheeled console Wurlitzer, an extremely rare Wurlitzer 140a, and a Fender Rhodes Mk I.