So, I had an "aha" moment about the BCV that I posted about earlier - the one I acquired late last year.
It's from 1938, so it should certainly have the "ratcheting" drawbars, in fact unless I miss my guess they should have been the chrome type, with the numbers actually stamped in.
...But in fact, someone has evidently been at this organ before me: much to my surprise it actually has smooth drawbars.
It does however still have the "sharp-edged" keycaps.? I was actually struck by just how much of an edge they have - "palm smears" are a little problematic on these.
Now, ordinarily my impulse would have been to preserve everything as original, especially given the venerable age of this instrument.? (It's actually so early the manufacturer's tag reads "Hammond Clock Co." instead of "Hammond Organ Co."!)
But now it looks like that ship has already sailed - those original chrome drawbars are long gone.? So, I thought I'd go ahead and make this a full-on "player grade" B, by changing out the keycaps for the later, smooth-edged kind.
With all that said: can anyone sell me some smooth keycaps?? I have 2 octaves I had set aside just in case of damage to my old C3.? So, I would need 8 octaves total.??
If anyone has some for sale, please contact me via email: scott (dot) brand (at) aya (dot) yale (dot) edu.
Cheers guys!
