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Aeolian Player Pipe Organ in Italy
By Michael Roseboom

The following is a link to a YouTube video I came across that is
of an Aeolian player organ located somewhere in Italy:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nszUugs3cWE 

Does anyone know the exact location of this instrument, its opus
number, and where it was used originally?

Thanks, all.

Mike Roseboom

 [ At http://www.youtube.com/user/crisbach83 (translated):
 [
 [ "A typical day at the House of Giacobazzi!
 [ "While Alexander is working on a windchest, the Aeolian [console]
 [ is playing the Tamburini organ for us :-)  The Tannhauser overture,
 [ played by Alfred Hertz for the Aeolian company, is reproduced with
 [ a roll dating back to the era of the 1914 organ.  The console is
 [ temporarily connected to a Tamburini organ of 1954 because the
 [ Aeolian wind chests are being restored.  In the video are panoramic
 [ shots in the workshop while Alexander works on the construction
 [ of a windchest."
 [
 [ The web site of master builder Alessandro Giacobazzi, of Modeno,
 [ is http://www.alessandrogiacobazzi.org/index.html  -- Robbie


(Message sent Sat 27 Aug 2011, 02:54:18 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Aeolian, Italy, Organ, Pipe, Player

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