Well, dearie, it meant something like the Baldwin Orgasonic:
Thirty-six 6SN7s as oscillators and dividers.
(I estimate that the tube heaters alone consume about 200 watts.)
A 6L6 amp with a field-coil speaker.
Total weight about 500 pounds.
La la la.
Circuit-bend THAT, Mister LoFi!
Wow. Holy carp.
That looks remarkably like the Baldmin #5 that’s been sitting in my parents’ basement for… 12 years now? Got it free off usenet, still haven’t got it up and running though…
A friend of mine GAVE me a tube organ once..
It started to die in the basement, so before I removed all the tubes, I recorded the death throes. I’ve got to find the tape of it, I know it’s around somewhere!