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Unknown Tunes Played on Wurlitzer 125 Band Organ
By Jon Schell

Hello,  I was recently at the Washington County Fair in Minnesota and
came across a Wurlitzer Style 125 Military Band Organ built on March
8th, 1913, according to the sign.  I made an audio recording of it
consisting of three pieces of music, but I have no idea what the songs
are.  Can someone possibly identify them?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4914018/125_Military_Band_Organ_Wurlitzer_Style.mp3 

Thanks for any help!

Jon Schell
inasimplerhyme@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

 [ The first song of the MP3 audio file is certainly "On The Atchison,
 [ Topeka And The Santa Fe".  Matthew Caulfield notes that this is tune
 [ number 1 on Wurlitzer roll 3241, which is the first roll published by
 [ T.R.T. Manufacturing Co. after Wurlitzer quit making band organ rolls.
 [ Song 3 sounds like a fox trot arrangement of "There Must Be A Way".
 [ Ref.  http://wurlitzer-rolls.com/125catalog/Part2.pdf  -- Robbie


(Message sent Tue 9 Aug 2011, 22:52:07 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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