This page was used for a brief description of the project before I published it on Instructables.com. Please view the much more detailed Instructable here: https://www.instructables.com/id/MIDI-Controlled-88-Key-Reed-Organ/
For my high-school senior project, I was going to convert an upright piano to be a MIDI-controlled player piano. However, I by chance ran across a reed organ, and knowing nothing about them became very interested in their sound and history. So I instead converted an Estey Reed organ to be MIDI operated. This is the result.
For now, just the keys are MIDI controlled. I plan on adding a vacuum motor so it doesn't have to be foot pumped, as well as control of the stops on the cheekblocks.
I am currently writing a very detailed Instructable. For now, here are some photos and some demo videos.
Demo playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Er-6ZRR6Q&list=PLbli1gTIi5kp9_iqoVi0sN5cbYPDn0naH
Suggest a song or upload a MIDI file for it to play here: http://bit.ly/2wR3QUE
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