How to build an organ pedal?

[jojo13]

Can anyone give me informations on how I could build myself a 30 notes organ pedal and to midifie it (plans, personnal experiences, etc...).
Thanks a lot.

[musicalis]

I can help you to midifie, but not to build.

midifying your pedalboard will cost to you about 50 Euros if you follow my advices. But i have to go for one or two weeks and I think I'll not be able to use Internet during this time.

If youu want to start without my help, purchase PEDSCAN (40 euros) at http://www.midi-hardware.com/products.html

and download the user manual.

Be careful, the midi inteface pedscan is very small. You musn't have bad eyes or Parkinson's disease like me to make the soldering.

Friendly

Jean-Paul

[jojo13]

Thank you very much. This will certainly help me.I'll wait still you come back for more informations. I'm from France, perhaps you too?
Now the second help I need is somebody that could help me to construct the pedal itself.
Did anyone do it?
Thanks a lot.

[ggoode.sa]

Hi, Take a look at http://www.fagerjord.org/orgel/index.php?id=pedalboard and see how he did it :-)
GrahamG

[musicalis]

Yes I am French.
I send you a private message with my e-mail addresss
Jean-Paul

[Contratrombone64]

Graham,

What a fascinating post, thanks.

[jojo13]

Thanks a lot. It's very instructive.
I want to make a linear pedal board (french).
Does anyone have the dimensions?
Thank jou.
Joel

[musicalis]

I easily found them on Internet one day that I sought this information.

Je les ai trouvées facilement sur Internet un jour que je cherchais ce renseignement.

[jojo13]

I'm looking for the exacts bdo organ pedal caracteristics. I can't find them.
Je cherche les caractéristiques complètes (mesures) du pédalier bdo. Je n'ai pas réussi à les trouver.
If anyone knows...
Thanks joel

[ggoode.sa]

Has anyone had a look at this:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4278004.html

A pedal board patent from 1980 that is now open....

GrahamG

[musicalis]

Thanks Graham.

[ggoode.sa]

Hi,

I also came across this guy's fully homemade pipe organ project some time ago, he has a page about building his Pedal Board that might help:
http://www.rwgiangiulio.com/construction/pedalboard/

Have fun :-)
GrahamG

[jhnbrbr]

Thanks for that link, Graham. I'm hoping to build something similar - but mine won't look as professional as that!

[musicalis]

Jojo

j'ai des plans, mais ils sont petits et peu détaillés et il n'y a pas les dimensions, juste des vues de dessus et de profil montrant les axes et les ressorts de rappel. Par contre ces plans sont à l'échelle. Il faut que je trouve un scanner.

I have some plans, but they are very small and the sizes are not written. But these plans are draw at the scale. They are top view and sides views. But I have no scanner. You will have to wait.

[ggoode.sa]

Hi John,

If you're looking for plans, see this page from the same guy as my previous post:
http://www.rwgiangiulio.com/virtual/
He has STL CAD plans for the pedalboard he made (should be viewable using Google SketchUp using the STL import pluggin from http://www.sycode.com/products/stl_import_su/index.htm).
Sigh, now if only I had a workshop and tools and a year of fully paid leave from work ;-)

GrahamG