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Storlein Swedish Mystery Organ
By Karl Petersen

Philip Jamison writes:

> The wax seal is partially obscured but says "Storlein",
> which leads me to the town of that name in Sweden.  It also says
> "TUL**AMMARE*I" (* = missing letters).

"Tullkammaren" means customs house in Swedish.

Storlein is a place name in Norway, widely used as a given name and
surname there also.  It is a surname in Denmark, Bavaria, Switzerland.

Storlein is not a noun in Norwegian as I can find, but may be a verb
form since there are many similar words.  It strikes me as an oxymoron,
since 'stor' is big or bold and 'lein' is little or small.  Curious!

A guess is that this is a German organ and was stamped by customs in
Sweden.  If this is a Norwegian instrument, it will be very remarkable
since this craft is little known in Norway.

Karl Petersen
Rushville, Illinois and looking toward Naperville...


(Message sent Sun 8 Sep 2002, 04:06:29 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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