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| 2006.04.04.01 |
Imhof and Muckle at Kinloch Castle & 'Down South'
from Mark Jefford •-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Hi, Responding to Vic Searle's post on 27.03.2006 (and indirectly to Tom Grace's post on 25.03.2006), I recently wrote an article in the Mechanical Organ Owners' Society magazine, 'Vox Humana', about my trip to see and hear an Imhof and Muckle Or... |
| 2025.04.28.01 |
Sympletta Player Piano in Kinloch Castle
from Thomas Krebs •An inventory in Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rum, Scotland, lists a "Sympletta Piano". Apart from one ad in a Dutch newspaper -- "Goudsche Courant", 27 July 1911 -- I have been unable to find any information about this instrument. The ad has this text (no picture): De "Sympletta" piano is het eenige ins... |
| 2006.05.02.06 |
FS: CD Imhof & Mukle Orchestrion at Kinloch Castle
from Kevin McElhone •UK readers may have seen the 'Restoration' program on TV about 18 months ago. The Scottish program included sound and pictures of an orchestrion being played in Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum. This is an Imhof & Mukle instrument and I thought MMD'ers might be interested to know that I now have i... |
| 2013.04.17.02 |
CD Imhof & Mukle Orchestrion at Kinloch Castle
from Brian Smith •MMDers, if you have a desire to hear an Imhof & Mukle orchestrion in its glory, I want to recommend this CD, "The Unique Sounds of the Orchestrion from Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rum." Thomas Grace let me know of this CD around seven years ago because of my love for Welte orchestrions. I ordered it fr... |
| 2023.10.24.01 |
Imhof & Mukle Orchestrion on the Isle of Rum
from Thomas Krebs •Kinloch Castle, built by industrialist Sir George Bullough, has stood for over 120 years on the Isle of Rùm in the Inner Hebrides in Scotland. The impressive building is a time capsule from the era of Edward VII, with its original furnishings and numerous objects of art. An orchestrion by Imhof & M... |
| 2021.07.01.01 |
Imhof & Mukle Orchestrion in Scotland Castle
from Alison Biden •Up-date on 'Queen Victoria's orchestrion' MMDers who have been following the fate of the Imhof & Mukle orchestrion located in Kinloch Castle, Rum, Scotland, may be interested to know that the 'castle' (in reality a large stately hunting lodge from the Edwardian era) has been put up for sale by the ... |
| 2018.05.26.02 |
Blackpool Imhof & Mukle Orchestrion Recording
from Alison Biden •Imhof & Mukle seems to be trending at the moment. The latest issue of "The Music Box" (quarterly magazine of the Musical Box Society of Great Britain) carries two articles about another famous Imhof & Mukle orchestrion, this time on the Scottish island of Rum. The articles can be read by visiting m... |
| 2019.09.11.03 |
Imhof & Mukle Orchestrion in Scotland Castle
from Alison Biden •I would like to share with MMDers an item which appeared in a Scottish periodical at the time the MBSI annual convention was taking place recently in Rockville, Maryland: https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/bid-to-raise-60000-to-save-castles-rare-instrument/ For those who don't want to wade thr... |
| 2020.05.13.02 |
Musical Machines In Their Original Settings
from Alison Biden •On the topic of musical machines in their original settings, may I add a couple more examples, both in Britain? One is the Welte Philharmonic organ at Salomons Estate, Kent, a unique instrument which was specially modified to play both organ and orchestrion rolls. Full details in an article written... |
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