[HAM] Rudy Van Gelder's 1959 C3 was Single louver horn compartment damping material?

[Kon Zissis]

Hi John and everyone.
Because of the 48 year old aged wax caps on the TG notes  49 to 91 in
Rudy Van Gelder's  1959 C3  this C3 would no longer sound the way that
it did when it was used in the classic recordings in the 1960's so this
is why I wrote in my post that it would have been very interesting  to
see a TG output measurement of this 1959 C3 taken in the early 1960's
when the wax caps were still new and many classic recordings were done
with it.
A TG output curve measurement taken today would  show the off spec
levels for the TG notes  49 to 91 however it would still be interesting
to see the TG output curve of this C3 because of it's historical
importance in the Hammond world. I expect that if this C3 was measured
in 1959 , the TG output curve would have followed the normal  standard
pattern because apparently this was a normal stock organ. 
 
A few years ago on Hamtech there was a somewhat comical  exchange
between Al Goff  and Sal Azzarelli who both  have had access to this
1959 C3. Al Goff wrote that this C3  now sounds "tired" and that it
needs to be repaired and Sal Azzarelli who wrote back saying that there
is nothing wrong with the sound of this C3 and that it sounds great.
 
By the way  , are there any recent recordings that feature Rudy Van
Gelder's  1959 C3 ?
It would be interesting to hear how this C3 sounds on  today's
recordings compared to the way that it sounded  in the 1960's
recordings.
All the best.
Kon 
 
John Freund wrote :
>But would the measurements you take in, say 2009 have anything to do
with
>the character of the organ in 1959?