From the North Country.....

Hello, we have just finished our annual "get your feet wet" tuning tour to the Arrowhead region of Minnesota. The leave were just prior to peak and a joy to look at. Lake Superior always fascinates me.

Now, off to North Dakota for a couple of weeks.....

WOW! & Congratulations!

We at Ulm Orgelwerke want to congratulate our next door neighbor, Pat Fossum. For those that don't already know, Pat matched all five white balls in the October 12, 2005 Powerball Lotto drawing. She also had the Powerplay option, so she is South Dakota's newest millionaire!

She is also very camera shy, so I don't have a picture for you.

Congratulations Pat! Now about that $650,000 left over after taxes.......

Also, we will be away in the wilds of North Dakota for the rest of October, so postings may be a little sparse between now and then. If you are one of our regular customers, expect us on your church doorstep sometime between now and December 15th!

Continuing Preparations

Hello all,
we are still making preparations for the start of tuning season on Monday, October 11. I am spending a lot of time in the office working on my computer. Because I am there, our VCU/CAT system has entered "sleep mode."

Here is a picture of the system as it often appears these days. Sleep mode conserves an emormous amount of energy...so we are glad to be able to save. Just one of the many ways we stretch your dollar here at Ulm Orgelwerke.

(P.S. if you think this is bad now, wait until December when I am totally washed out, then the jokes get REALLY bad!)

From the Vault.....

Hello Again,

Well, things in the shop are starting to calm down, but the office is starting to heat up. We are in preparation for the fall tuning season-which starts in five days, yikes!

Since I don't yet have any pictures of tuning, I decided to pull something from the archives.....

To the left is a shot of the relay and junctionboard of one of our instruments in NE SD. In the forground is the junction panel (backside) Each one of the little pins is then connected to a pipe valve in the windchest. In the darker area at the back is the actual relay. In this case, it is a microprocessor driven system (ie a computer) that "decodes" signals from a similar unit in the organ console about 30 feet away on the other side of the wall......

I hope to have some more pictures of tuning and also of our outstanding VCU/CAT system in a week or two.

An Unfortunate Announcement

Hello to all.....

We are preparing for the fall tuning season....10-12 weeks of travel and around 150 organs to tune. This is also the time of year when we thoroughly tune the instruments.

Because of the extremely sudden rise in gasoline prices, we have been forced to add a 10% fuel surcharge to all of our fall tuning statements. This is not something that we want to do; however, we will face a loss if we do not.

Also, we are pleased to announce that another Kilgen organ is now available for purchase. One Manual, 6 Ranks. More information is available by contacting us directly.

Best wishes for the fall season.