Archives: 2007   August

The Big Trip - Hudson, New York

About a half hour south of Albany, along the banks of the Hudson River, you’ll find the charming little town of Hudson, New York. With a population just over 7000, Hudson has been experiencing a rebirth over the past several years. Apparently the word is out in Manhattan, and a modest contingent of […]

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Posted in Out & About on Aug 29th, 2007, 11:18 am by MirthMaker  1 comment   

The Big Trip - The Arlington County Fair

One of the highlights of The Big Trip was a visit to the Arlington County Fair. If you’re familiar with Arlington County then you already know how densely populated the area is. Situated just across the Potomac River to the west of the District of Columbia, the 26 square miles which constitute Arlington […]

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Posted in Out & About on Aug 27th, 2007, 11:52 pm by MirthMaker  1 comment   

The Big Trip

It’s been just too hot in Alabama lately. Although summers are always hot in the South, this year has been particularly oppressive. Normally in the Birmingham area you can expect daytime highs in the low 90s, and overnite the temps generally will drop to around 70 or so. If you’ve been following the […]

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Posted in Out & About on Aug 27th, 2007, 7:33 am by MirthMaker     

George Bozeman contributes Pipe Scaling Primer

I’m not sure if my excitement about PipeCAD is contagious, but perhaps a little of it has rubbed off on at least one other person. George Bozeman has been a tremendous asset as I have familiarized myself with the art of pipe scaling, and he has written a short primer on organ pipe scaling […]

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Posted in Topfer PipeCAD on Aug 2nd, 2007, 10:48 am by MirthMaker  2 comments   

A Mirth Maker Extraordinaire! Professor Johan Liljencrants

I know I have said this before, and I hate to belabor the point… but I love the web! While digging around on the web for information about the construction of organ pipes I ran across a unique individual who must truly be considered a Mirth Maker Extraordinaire!
Professor Johan Liljencrants mirth making […]

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Posted in Art & Oddities, Mechanical Music on Aug 1st, 2007, 10:10 am by MirthMaker     

 

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