Banging my own Drum.

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Rain! Lovely rain!

Well, good for the garden, which was as dry as a bone,

but not so go for those who have just rushed off on holiday.

So, what have we all been up to on days like this?

Hazel has set up camp in the greenhouse. Having reached the 'ripe old' age of 102, she thought she might as well 'ripen off' with the tomatoes!

Wes, on the other hand, decided on the doormat.

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So two dry pussies, and where was I?

In the 'workshop'.

Actually, us engineers are not supposed to use the word 'workshop', it has to be referred to as a 'Hobby room'! A workshop implies 'work' and that would never do in a residential property.

Elf 'n Safety and worse!!!!!

(Heaven help us - please eu hurry up and collapse)

You see, I'm one, who has always fancied a nice bang,

on the drum!

And my wee organ doesn't have one.

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This fellow over in Holland does.

A nice little side drum.

Here's another tucked behind a curtain,

showing all 'the works'.

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Now, to get these to bang at the right time,

and in time with the music, they can be linked into

the Bass Notes.

(as in the Ump, of ump, pah, pah.)

But, they can also be driven by a puff of air

from the tracker-bar.

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This is my tracker-bar.

The organ has 26 notes - but the bar has 27 holes!

You see I planned ahead and added an extra hole

for percussion.

Many builders do this.

My friend Derek (in Australia) has a 27th hole and

uses it to power his moving bandsmen.

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Derek Deane's 27 note Organ.

Over the years, at car boots and in charity shops,

I have picked up all sorts of rubbish,

and I have a few old tambourines,

and even an old drum kicking about.

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All I need now, is to get the puff of air,

from the hole number 27,

down to a device to bang the drum in time with the music!

So now to the technical bit.

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This is what I have been up to

whilst the rain, rained,

the euro collapsed,

and

the cats slept through the whole thing!

Making a valve chest to 'Bang on my Drum'.

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I must admit, that that the thought

of the euro collapsing,

and

the whole eu thingie going belly up,

is a darn sight more exciting

than having a bang on my drum!

I feel like playing "Land of Hope & Glory".

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