What did I get myself into this time?

Just got a 200 pound Lowery organ delivered to my house. A couple months ago I saw a facebook add this organ for sale. I sent the lady a message that if she couldn't sell it I would be glad to take for free to recycle. She was sure she would sell. Well last week She asked if I still wanted it for $35 I told her again I could not pay. Later she said OK for free. I told her I thought about it and I would have to turn her down because I could not get it I did not have truck and too heavy. She volunteered her husband and son to deliver. I could not turn it down. I knew I could recycle everything but the cabinet and figured I would cut up and throw in the trash a little bit at a time. When the husband delivered he asked if he could have it back, problem solved. It is a rolltop cabinet and he wants to make a desk.

???? Wtf?

Check to see if it has a Leslie speaker in it. This speaker spins and gives an interesting sound. You should find a good market for that speaker if it is a Leslie. Take the time to do the research. 73, Mike

Originally Posted by miked

Check to see if it has a Leslie speaker in it. This speaker spins and gives an interesting sound. You should find a good market for that speaker if it is a Leslie. Take the time to do the research. 73, Mike

never thought of that. it is called a tremolo, I think. It should be in an area I have not torn open yet.

Originally Posted by mikeinreco

???? Wtf?

this is why. I think I counted 18 circuit board. one looks like original transistors on a thick aluminum board. all the micro chips are plug in. Still have not found the power board yet. hoping for a big transformer or two.

Originally Posted by jimicrk

Had to read the op 3 times. It's early...So you're gutting the organ and the husband wants the cabinet back to make a desk.

I scrapped a Yamaha organ once...nothing but low grade boards.

Basically I wanted it to have fun scrapping. Never did an organ before. Yes, many of the boards do look low grade but a few I would consider mid. no gold showing.

So now I can add a 200 pound organ and a 250 pound office copier to my scrapping resume.

Originally Posted by alloy2

Bumble bees and palladium.

I know what bees look like but how do I spot palladium?

Originally Posted by alloy2

Dan have you found the palladium in that organ yet, have you forgotten how to search the forums archives. This topic has been covered numerous times by myself and others.

Too busy to do much of anything online. Will hunt the info down after my next trip out of state for my wife's doctor's appointments.

Originally Posted by alloy2

I'm feeling generous, since your so busy I'll do the search for ya.

Thanks, it was on my to do list.

I have been stripping wire all today and had to cover and tie down that organ. (free blue tarp from harbor freight) Bad wind and rain storm all day, don't want to let it get wet. It is on my covered patio but sometimes the rain gets blown in half way to my home.

Originally Posted by cyberdan

Thanks, it was on my to do list.

I have been stripping wire all today and had to cover and tie down that organ. (free blue tarp from harbor freight) Bad wind and rain storm all day, don't want to let it get wet. It is on my covered patio but sometimes the rain gets blown in half way to my home.

Good idea to keep that veneered MDF crappy board dry, soaks up water like a sponge then swells up.

Originally Posted by alloy2

Good idea to keep that veneered MDF crappy board dry, soaks up water like a sponge then swells up.

I am trying. supposed to get 5.25" of rain in the next few days with 38 MPH gusts. In a few hours I will be driving over a high pass in Oregon. Good thing I still have my snow tires on. Radar hints of snow. online weather says rain.

Originally Posted by wannabescrapper

Oh that does sound like a fun project for sure. I found a crappy keyboard in our share shed last week and scrapped it. Probably the lowest value of anything I have scrapped in my few weeks of being a parttime scrapper. I just wanted to see what was inside and it was mostly air.

The keyboard mylars the clear plastic sheets the traces are applied using a conductive ink made from silver, if you get enough of those mylars just pass them through a cheap paper shredder a couple of sheets at a time.

Place the shredded plastic bits into a rock tumbler dry and the silver ink will soon abrade free of the mylar, wash and rinse saving passing the water through a coffee filter - now you have your first silver.

Many years ago a bud of mine went on a road trip, somewhere in Hudson Hope he had abandoned his 56 Hudson Hornet after the automatic transmission gave up the ghost.

I'm a fan of Hudson cars and early pick up trucks, fist car owned was a 47