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Wilcox & White 44-note Reed Organ
By Phil Dayson

Eugene Rogers wrote:

> I am in the process of restoring a Wilcox & White Symphony reed
> player organ ...  The problem is that the wind motor was missing when
> I purchased this organ and was wondering if anyone has an original
> wind motor for this instrument.

I have a Wilcox & White 44-note organ as described.  It has the
original roll drive motor but is missing the foot pump bellows and the
carvings.  Perhaps we can do a swap ?  Failing this I can probably get
some drawings made; contact me directly.

The organ is quite interesting: although only the roll only plays
44-notes it has 7-1/2 sets of reeds and pouches/pneumatics for all of
the 61 keyboard notes.  I have often wondered about this.  For the very
small cost of making the roll wider a 58- or 61-note player could have
been sold.

Phil Dayson


(Message sent Tue 10 Mar 1998, 03:38:50 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  44-note, Organ, Reed, White, Wilcox

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