Thrift store shopping. I refrained from buying this organ just because I thought the keys were pretty. I am a grownup now. Even though I could have turned it into an awesome credenza.
I should go back.
30 Days of Fun: Day 11
20th July 2011
20th July 2011
Thrift store shopping. I refrained from buying this organ just because I thought the keys were pretty. I am a grownup now. Even though I could have turned it into an awesome credenza.
I should go back.
If this thing works, and you make it into a credenza, I will cry.
On the flip side, if it doesn’t work, and you make it into a credenza, that will be the awesomest credenza ever. I just don’t hold with the destruction of viable musical instruments for decor purposes.
I hope other people are Googling “credenza” right now. :x
We turned ours into a computer desk. Keyboard where the keyboard goes, obviously.
I’m proud of you for leaving the organ at the thrift store. You live in San Francisco, where space is limited and it’s very easy for your awesome things to crowd you out of your apartment.
My grandparents had an organ like this and I remember being enamoured with the keys – the gorgeous bakelite like plastic, the colours, the fonts!
I need ideas of fun things to do in Pasadena. Can anyone help????
Organs used to scare me because that key that reads “tibia”? I thought it was made out of leg bones.
I was a weird kid.
Two things:
1. My dad is an organist and is (no lie) building a pipe organ in the living room of the house I grew up in. My mother is a very patient woman. If you want an organ, I will gladly forward every email he sends me about free/cheap organs available in Northern California. (Surprisingly, there are a lot).
2. A few weekends ago, I found five 19th century (so says my dad) organ stop knobs at the flea market. They’re now sitting in a vase on my dining room table.
(I don’t mean to imply that my father isn’t awesome. Best dad ever, and I think it’s super rad that he’s building a pipe organ. But seriously: There are organ bits *everywhere*).
We had that exact organ in the house when I was growing up and I loved the different sounds it could make. (Here’s a rundown of all the different tibia effects available on an actual pipe organ, which the Kimball does its best to imitate.)
I visited the same set of lamps three times at Goodwill before I finally bought them… It was $12.50 for the set.
When I hear the word “organ” I instantly think of my pancreas. Does anybody know its function?
Your pancreas produces the insulin that allows you digest sugars. When it quits – voila! – you are diabetic. Last I checked, you cannot buy another at any thrift store. So, be good to your pancreas, you only get one.
My aunt had an organ like this when I was little and I too, loved the keys/ They remind me of unwrapped candy or Popsicles.
Dude. My grandmother has that organ in her house. I remember sitting in front of it for hours as a kid, playing with the many keys and levers. Are you sure you weren’t thrift shopping at my grandma’s house?