Transcript Florida Tech Solar-Powered Band Organ

The Mighty Stinson 2000M-2 MIDI Concert Band Organ Example
Florida Tech
Solar-Powered
Band Organ Details
by Frank R. Leslie,
Adjunct Professor, DMES
Florida Tech
6/4/2008a
Background/History
• While a calliope is identified with circuses,
Indiana University has one that is used at
sports events and parades
• Florida Tech students might construct a
band organ as a Capstone Project to
show the integration of science,
engineering, and fine arts
Circus calliope, lithograph by Gibson & Co., 1872.
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Introduction
• Florida Tech has been introducing courses that
express our motto of “High Tech with a Human
Touch”
• The Music Department can bridge the engineering
disciplines with some development of an
automated band organ to play at various events
– An keyboardist can play it manually
– A computer can play it automatically
– An auxiliary power source of solar modules can provide
pressure for actuation
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Band Organ vs. Calliope
• Band organs date from
– Basically organ pipes, but
often expanded to include
piano, bells, drums, violins,
horns, chimes, etc., primarily
in theater organs
• Calliopes are high-pressure
steam-powered; patented 1855
by Joshua Stoddard in New
York and demonstrated on a
train
– Early steamboats had
calliopes to alert a town of
their arrival
– Newer versions use
compressed air and have less
range (usually under 1 mile)
– These are one rank organs;
one set of pipes
Calliope on the Minnie-Ha-Ha, a stern-wheeler
on Lake George, NY
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Band Organ Example
http://www.freewebs.com/mechanicalorgangaller
y/gdsf2004.htm
• Mobile fairground organ
and a horn organ
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Music Playing and Control
• Keyboards (some 37 or 44 notes) control
solenoids that open a valve to sound a note,
strike a drum, triangle, or chime, etc.
• Early units used pin drive, perforated cards
derived from Jacquard fabric-weaving loom
control, and later, paper piano rolls
• Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is now
used
– Conversion from other formats exist and MIDI-todiscrete translators can drive solenoid actuators with
direct current to blow pipes or beat drums, etc.
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Music Composition
• The rate of solenoid valve operation might require
slower tempos, but most music can be performed
at normal tempi
• Music composition software can read MIDI inputs
from a keyboard for modification and adaptation
for driving the instrument
• When the final MIDI file is sent to the band organ,
it plays as directed by the composition
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Psychological Planning
• The instrument can impress the audience with
music not normally associated with circus
compositions
– Classical, rock, jazz, popular, bluegrass, etc.
• The visual design of the pipes for stereo (not
symmetry) and exterior façade embellishments
• Two-sided vs. one-sided display (parade trailer
or fixed full width for against a wall) design for
show flexibility
• An emotional appeal comes from the
appearance of the instrument as well as the
unique sounds and moving parts
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Design and Construction Skills, Etc.
• Engineering Systems
– Dr. ? and 2 students
• School of Business
– Dr. ? and 1 students
– Cost management and
schedule
• Computer Engineering
– Dr. ? and 2 students
– MIDI interfaces
• Electrical Engineering
– Dr. ? and 2 students
– Controls and power
• Façade Art
– Dr. ?, (C. Funk?) and 2
students
• Mechanical Eng’rg
– Dr. ? and 2 students
– Case and mountings;
trailer; tuning
• Musical Dep’t
– Dr. Younkin and 2 students
– MIDI compositions/organist
• Physics Dep’t
– Dr. ? and 2 students
– Pipe/percussion design;
pneumatics
• Psychology
– Dr. ? and 1 students
– Visual/auditory impact
design
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System Architecture
• A keyboard permits a student to play manually
• The MIDI interpreter/decoder converts .mid files
into discrete actuator signals at 12 volts d.c.
• Pipes and percussion provide sonic variety
• Power supply provides sufficient drive for all
instruments at once
• The case supports all other components and
allows moving to a trailer or storage
• Exterior façade decoration provides visual
interest and nostalgia
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Band Organ System Diagram
Solar Modules
Charge
Controller
~13.8 V @ 2A
12Vdc
Low Pressure
Blower
45?
Air Manifold
&
12Vdc Valves
6
MIDI Files
Notebook
PC Computer
MIDI
Decoder
Line
Power Supply
MIDI
Software
Composer
Piano Roll
Player/
Reader
120Vac
indoors
Block diagram
Percussion
Display
Lighting
12 V Deep-Cycle
Battery
120V Inverter
2 Pipe Rank(s)
(24/rank?)
1 or 2
Keyboard(s)
Two-Section
Case
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Budgetary Estimate for Initial Build
Budget Bogey Number
$6,000
Bogey plus 30% Margin
Totals
Comments
$7,800
Notes
Case, Main
$298.00
Two-piece; ~76"H OA x 120"W total x 24" D
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Cases, Wings
$130.00
Two-piece; ~48"H x 30"W x 18" D
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Façade
$324.00
Six pieces 1/2" plywood; textiles
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includes notebook computer
1
MIDI Devices
$1,389.00
Electrical/Air Supply
$681.30
low pressure
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Software
$100.00
MIDI S/W, etc.
1
Pipes
$216.00
two ranks: flutes
Percussion
$141.00
bass and snare drums plus xylophone
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hardware
1
1, 2
Misc
$42.00
Labor
$900.00
Extent is TBD; volunteers?
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Trailer, Parade/Moving
$725.00
utility trailer, basic low-side
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LED highlighting
3
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Lighting
$24.00
Solar Power
$670.00
optional for parades and other outdoors events
Trips
$190.00
purchase trips to Sanford FL at RMR
Presentation/Publicity
$170.00
optional, (?)
Main Budget Total
$6,000.30
Main Budget Margin
-$0.30
With Donated Labor
$5,100.30
1, 8
3
with 30% margin
+ is under budget
$7,800.39
-$0.39
volunteer or student project work reduces cost
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Conclusion
• Creation of this instrument provides a lasting
example of interdisciplinary teamwork across the
multiple colleges for use at university events
• Periodically, the band organ would be used in
local parades and for demonstration at schools to
stimulate students in pursuing careers in arts,
sciences, and engineering
• The system provides an example of how fine art,
science, and engineering can be blended in a
unique, entertaining display for public
entertainment
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• Questions or Comments?
Calliope Poem by Vachel Lindsey
• The correct pronunciation of the word 'calliope' has always been
disputed: some proponents claim it should be pronounced 'cal-eyeoh-pee', after the Greek muse, while others claim that 'cal-ly-ope' is
correct. A nineteenth century magazine, Reedy’s Mirror, attempted
to settle the dispute by publishing this rhyme:[1]
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Proud folk stare after me,
Call me Calliope;
Tooting joy, tooting hope,
I am the calliope.
After The Kalliope Yell, by Vachel Lindsey, 1913
http://www.jmww.150m.com/Lindsay.html
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“The Kallyope Yell “ by Vachel Lindsey
The Kallyope Yell
[Loudly and rapidly with a leader, College yell fashion]
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Proud men
Eternally
Go about,
Slander me,
Call me the "Calliope."
Sizz . . . . .
Fizz . . . . .
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I am the Gutter Dream,
Tune-maker, born of steam,
Tooting joy, tooting hope.
I am the Kallyope,
Car called the Kallyope.
Willy willy willy wah hoo!
See the flags: snow-white tent,
See the bear and elephant,
See the monkey jump the rope,
Listen to the Kallyope, Kallyope, Kallyope!
Soul of the rhinoceros
And the hippopotamus
(Listen to the lion roar!)
Jaguar, cockatoot,
Loons, owls,
Hoot, Hoot.
Listen to the lion roar,
Listen to the lion roar,
Listen to the lion R-O-A-R!
Hear the leopard cry for gore,
Willy willy willy wah hoo!
Hail the bloody Indian band,
Hail, all hail the popcorn stand,
Hail to Barnum's picture there,
People's idol everywhere,
Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop!
Music of the mob am I,
Circus day's tremendous cry: -I am the Kallyope, Kallyope, Kallyope!
Hoot toot, hoot toot, hoot toot, hoot toot,
Willy willy willy wah hoo!
Sizz, fixx . . . . .
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Born of mobs, born of steam,
Listen to my golden dream,
Listen to my golden dream,
Listen to my G-O-L-D-E-N D-R-E-A-M!
Whoop whoop whoop whoop >b?whoop!
I will blow the proud folk low,
Humanize the dour and slow,
I will shake the proud folk down,
(Listen to the lion roar!)
Popcorn crowds shall rule the town -Willy willy willy wah hoo!
Steam shall work melodiously,
Brotherhood increase.
You'll see the world and all it holds
For fifty cents apiece.
Willy willy willy wah hoo!
Every day a circus day.
What?
Well, almost every day.
Nevermore the sweater's den,
Nevermore the prison pen.
Gone the war on land and sea
That aforetime troubled men.
Nations all in amity,
Happy in their plumes arrayed
In the long bright street parade.
Bands a-playing every day.
What?
Well, almost every day.
I am the Kallyope, Kallyope, Kallyope!
Willy willy willy wah hoo!
Hoot, toot, hoot, toot,
Whoop whoop whoop whoop,
Willy willy willy wah hoo!
Sizz, fizz . . . . .
“The Kallyope Yell “ by Vachel Lindsey, 2
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Every soul
Resident
In the earth's one circus tent!
Every man a trapeze king
Then a pleased spectator there.
On the benches! In the ring!
While the neighbours gawk and stare
And the cheering rolls along.
Almost every day a race
When the merry starting gong
Rings, each chariot on the line,
Every driver fit and fine
With the steel-spring Roman grace.
Almost every day a dream,
Almost every day a dream.
Every girl,
Maid or wife,
Wild with music,
Eyes a-gleam
With that marvel called desire:
Actress, princess, fit for life,
Armed with honor like a knife,
Jumping thro' the hoops of fire.
(Listen to the lion roar!)
Making all the children shout
Clowns shall tumble all about,
Painted high and full of song
While the cheering rolls along,
Tho' they scream,
Tho' they rage,
Every beast
In his cage,
Every beast
In his den
That aforetime troubled men.
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I am the Kallyope, Kallyope, Kallyope,
Tooting hope, tooting hope, tooting hope, tooting hope;
Shaking window-pane and door
With a crashing cosmic tune,
With the war-cry of the spheres,
Rhythm of the roar of noon,
Rhythm of Niagara's roar,
Voicing planet, star and moon,
Shrieking of the better years.
Prophet-singers will arise,
Prophets coming after me,
Sing my song in softer guise
With more delicate surprise;
I am but the pioneer
Voice of the Democracy;
I am the gutter-dream,
I am the golden dream,
Singing science, singing steam.
I will blow the proud folk down,
(Listen to the lion roar!)
I am the Kallyope, Kallyope, Kallyope,
Tooting hope, tooting hope, tooting hope, tooting hope,
Willy willy willy wah hoo!
Hoot toot, hoot toot, hoot toot, hoot toot,
Whoop whoop, whoop whoop,
Whoop whoop, whoop whoop,
Willy willy willy wah hoo!
Sizz . . . . .
Fizz . . . . .
The Forum
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, 1913
References
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http://www.bandorganmusic.com/music/sound/RescueofMadamLaura.mpg
http://www.doyleintl.com/
http://www.stinsonbandorgans.com/
http://www.doyleintl.com/band_organ_music_midi_library.htm
http://www.doyleintl.com/band_organ_pot_10mmd.htm
http://www.doyleintl.com/links.htm
http://www.doyleintl.com/band_organ_pot_11powerofmmd.htm
http://www.doyleintl.com/band_organ_pot_hme_bopp.htm
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/amv13_3.html by Kaliyope Yell” Vachel Lindsey
http://www.steamboats.org/forum/showthread.php?t=916 David Morecroft, calliope builder, Peru, Indiana
http://www.youtube.com/v/34OXeV_ZrqQ&hl=en Band organ Kit Carson Fairground, CO
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=organ+pipe&search_type=
Tuning: http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/T/tuning.html
PVC Pipes: http://rpartos.org/
http://rpartos.org/calliope.html
Building: http://www.carousels.com/wyman/wympt1.htm
http://www.carousels.com/
Calliola Project: http://www.carousels.com/caliola/
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Band Organ Demonstrations, Etc.
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Solar powered carousel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XSshVv5VGk
Band organ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6bFo5MRGQk
Handbuilt Band organ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vPg9QjyC-c
Band Organ Flutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9CgKMrVZCo&feature=related
Bandorgan Ghost Riders http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEnQ4FsThos&NR=1
Card-reader band organ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTwDQCUdp08&feature=related
http://mama.indstate.edu/users/nizrael/midis/bigtop.mid
Organ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKDJ6Z_stvg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ITZkuqDiBc
Organ playing basics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4GSlqyYzs&feature=related
Child’s piano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y81Zu9AJlGk
http://www.theatreorgans.com/walnuthill/eugenehayek.htm
http://www.popsci.com/video/2007-11/breakdown-singing-tesla-coils
MIDIs: http://mama.indstate.edu/users/nizrael/midis/
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Misc. Websites
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Organists Guild: http://www.spokaneago.org/February.pdf
Australian Mechanical Organs: http://homepage.mac.com/ozorgans/
http://www.freewebs.com/mechanicalorgangallery/
http://www.freewebs.com/mechanicalorgangallery/organfestivaldingles.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/mechanicalorgangallery/gdsf2007.htm
http://ago-spacecoast.tripod.com/id6.html
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=55076
http://www.fops.org/
www.
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Band Organ Construction
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Busker Organ: http://www.ringsurf.com/ring_browser.php?id=225038
Busker Organ: http://www.ringsurf.com/ring_browser.php?id=225043
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-07,GGLD:en&q=PVC+pipe+organ
https://mailman.rice.edu/pipermail/childmus/2003-July/000366.html
http://www.geocities.com/hilobayatos/PalaceOrgan3.html
http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell/OddMusic/OddMusicalInstruments.html
http://www.rwgiangiulio.com/construction/bcabinet2/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ish78C0fek
http://www.logosfoundation.org/instrum_gwr/puff/puff_pvcpipes.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairground_organ
http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~bodinew/Pages/Overview.html
http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~bodinew/Pages/SoundProduction.html
http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~bodinew/Pages/Pipes.html
http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~bodinew/Pages/MorePipeInfo.html
http://www.apoba.com/PlanningSpaceForPipeOrgans_Word95.doc
http://diyapason.com/sitemap.aspx
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/organ/organ.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~anelsen/organ.htm
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Band Organ Pipeworks, Etc.
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2x bourdon celeste, 2x violin celeste on melody with tremulant, stopped & cello accompaniment,
4', 8', & extra 16' stopped on bass: also a glockenspiel & bass drum, cymbal & snare drum.
Stopped Diapason 8’, Flute 4, Principal 2,
Stopped Diapason 8, Principal 4, Chimney Flute 4, Fifteenth2, SesquialteraII
Manual I 1 Open Diapason8 2 Clarabella8 3 Principal
4 4 Nazard2 2/3 5 Fifteenth2 6 Tierce1 3/5 i Manual II to Manual I
Manual II 7 Stopped
Diapason 8 8 Salicional8 9 Chimney Flute 4 10 Flageolet2 11 Oboe8 Tremulant to
manuals
Pedal12 Sub Bass16 ii Manual I to Pedal iii Manual II to Pedal
Manual Stopped Diapason 8 Principal4 Chimney Flute 4 Twelfth2 2/3 Fifteenth2
Sydney Town Hall 64' stop http://www.ohta.org.au/confs/Sydney/SYDNEYTOWNHALL.html
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/organ/organ_specifications.shtml
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