On 10/6/2024 7:43 PM, Belly wrote to Mike Dippel:
Re: Solitaire
By: Mike Dippel to All on Wed Sep 25 2024 10:53 pm
My latest video is a song called, "Solitaire". Please 'Like' and
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That's pretty neat. I had no idea that console instruments like that were
still
being produced these days.
This project was spearheaded by Fletcher Music Centers who now have rights to the
Estey name. Fletcher realized that for them to stay in business, they had to start
producing home theater organs again.
They commissioned Marco Mendez (
http://marcomendez.net) to come up with the sounds, registrations, etc. to start producing organs again. It was a 2 year project in
which Marco Mendez and Craig Knudsen jointly produced the product.
It was pointed out to me that the cabinet looks like the Ringway Maestro, and it IS the
same cabinet because Ringway was commissioned to produce the organ components and are using the same or a similar cabinet. The sounds, etc. are solely done by the
Mendez-Knudsen collaboration, hence the name MK-5000 (Mendez-Knudsen)
I love this instrument. It has helped renew my desire to play and perform. Please
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Mike Dippel
https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelDippel
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