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How to build an organ pedal?

jojo13

New member
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

Member
my help fo you

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

New member
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.
 

jojo13

New member
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

Member
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

New member
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
 

jhnbrbr

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

musicalis

Member
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.
 

jojo13

New member
Merci beaucoup Jean-Paul.
Finalement je ne vais pas me lancer dans la construction d'un pédalier (trop compliqué).
Je vais peut-être en acheter un et le midifier.
Je suis allé voir la carte que tu m'as indiqué.
Comment as-tu installé les contacts? Qu'est-ce que tu as pris comme contacts?
Merci beaucoup.
Jojo
 

musicalis

Member
Bonjour jojo
le pédalier que je possède est un pédalier d'orgue electronique. Il est fourni avec ses contacts. pour l'instant je ne l(ai pas encore midifié.
 

greatcyber

New member
Building a pedalboard looks to be quite an ambitious task. Purchasing one can be quite cost prohibitive for most. Finding a used pedalboard from eBay or Craig's List or local sources is another option. My used organ find (Hammond Concorde for $500 USD) was more than worth it, if for nothing else I have a full pedalboard which I can now midify.

Another site is here: http://orchetect.com/resources/midi-organ-pedals.php

The Hauptwerk forum has an enormous wealth of information along these lines.
 
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