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[Josh Edward]

It seems you have to move it on end to get around corners, so I think Riley's suggestion is on the mark. Take out the modules and pack them separately. This will make the large frame much easier to handle, and allow you to move safely the parts most likely to be damaged.

The console got into where it is somehow, it can probably go out the same way. Judging from the case, it's seen plenty of transport in it's life.

Mac

I think this is spot on! so here's the plan:

I'll get there a day early and assess the situation, If in person I feel confident that I can get the console out on it's back or side while fully intact than we will do so, if not, I will start pulling the modules out and packing them separate. I'll bring plenty of moving blankets and some dolly's and we will get this out one way or another.

Now onto some related business....

Anyone know who can repair a midas heritage power supply and/or do some recapping for me? I'm in upstate NY and I'm hoping to find some one reasonably in my area.

Thanks!

[Ike Zimbel]

I think this is spot on! so here's the plan:

I'll get there a day early and assess the situation, If in person I feel confident that I can get the console out on it's back or side while fully intact than we will do so, if not, I will start pulling the modules out and packing them separate. I'll bring plenty of moving blankets and some dolly's and we will get this out one way or another.

Now onto some related business....

Anyone know who can repair a midas heritage power supply and/or do some recapping for me? I'm in upstate NY and I'm hoping to find some one reasonably in my area.

Thanks!

Me. I'm in Toronto, but make the occasional road trip down that way (once the shitstorm is over...). Otherwise, Jim Sawyer in Minneapolis is Mr Midas Repair. Contact me for his contact info.

[Scott Helmke]

...I will start pulling the modules out and packing them separate.

Consider some anti-static bubble wrap:
https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/cushion-wrap-anti-static-24in-x-500ft-x-3-16in?ref=42

[Tim Weaver]

BTW, I'd spray the inside of that case down with bleach or vinegar or whatever will kill what's living in it, then let it sit in the sunshine for a day or two completley open, and scrape out all the foam.

Then when it's completely and totally dry thwo some dessicant in it, box it back up and wrap it in shrink wrap. I know it takes up a lot of space, but that case might be invaluable later on when you need to move or long-term store this desk in the future. The way things are going, that case is probably worth more than the console. You certainly don't want to have to buy one later on just to store this desk!

[Josh Edward]

BTW, I'd spray the inside of that case down with bleach or vinegar or whatever will kill what's living in it, then let it sit in the sunshine for a day or two completley open, and scrape out all the foam.

Then when it's completely and totally dry thwo some dessicant in it, box it back up and wrap it in shrink wrap. I know it takes up a lot of space, but that case might be invaluable later on when you need to move or long-term store this desk in the future. The way things are going, that case is probably worth more than the console. You certainly don't want to have to buy one later on just to store this desk!

Yes sir you are absolutely correct! I'm not going to use the case to move the console this time but I will be cleaning, repairing and restoring it, then storing it for future use.

[Chris Hindle]

Chaps - borrow a piano installer dolly, wrap in blankets and you should have no problems. These guys can get Steinways unscathed through doorways on those big wheels, and I think a grand piano is far more delicate that a Midas - which survive being bumped in and out of venues in their cases with just a bit of foam!

Note: Have you ever seen the size of piano and pool table movers?
They rank up there with bagpipe payers as some of the biggest humans I have ever seen.
THAT'S why it takes 2 of them, and 8 of us to toss large frame consoles around 
Chris

[Kevin Maxwell]

Hire some piano movers? Or at least contact them and ask how much to move the console.

[Paul Johnson]

I'd firmly be in the do NOT remove the modules camp - it's old, its precious and working. Look at the number of modules and how nicely they fit into the console frame. How many will you break getting them out? How many will break going back in, when you bend one of the pins by accident? With a new one and on the shelf replacements maybe that's fine - but I'd be very doubtful all those multiway connectors  will survive the process. How many are hanging on by a thread, kept rigid by the chassis? Scary, and mega time consuming.

[Mac Kerr]

I'd firmly be in the do NOT remove the modules camp - it's old, its precious and working. Look at the number of modules and how nicely they fit into the console frame. How many will you break getting them out? How many will break going back in, when you bend one of the pins by accident? With a new one and on the shelf replacements maybe that's fine - but I'd be very doubtful all those multiway connectors  will survive the process. How many are hanging on by a thread, kept rigid by the chassis? Scary, and mega time consuming.

Time consuming, yes. Scary, no. You might want to put tape labels on the modules so you know where they were before you took them out, but on a console like an H3000 I'd probably skip that step. On an old Neve, where each channel strip is 3 or 4 separate modules I have labeled each module with its location in the console. This is not a scary process, it is a standard maintenance or service process.

Mac

[Riley Casey]

Back when we had large frame analog consoles removing and reseating all of the modules was a standard part of their annual service routine. The older the console the more important that step became. Its just a matter of being diligent as with any service procedure of electronic devices.

The old Midas is sturdy enough to be moved fully assembled. My concern and it seemed that of the OP was that moving so large and heavy a console without a case and on it's end where fewer people could get a grip on it might result in loosing control of it in a tight spot. Removing the modules would make it substantially lighter and take the most delicate parts out of the most dangerous part of the operation.

I'd firmly be in the do NOT remove the modules camp - it's old, its precious and working. ...

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