Subj : RE: Solitaire
To   : Belly
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Mon Oct 07 2024 12:41:56

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 
'Subscribe
-> 
-> 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 
subscribe to my channel listed below.

Mike Dippel
https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelDippel
 
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