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Decap Robot Bands in The Netherlands
By Thijs Haenen

In response to Rosanna Harris' question on Decap Robot bands, I've
been told there are currently two in the Krijnen collection.  One
has two accordions (just on columns, without robots behind them),
a drummer, trumpet and saxophone player (the latter two both rise and
sit independently); the other, a "regular" model, has a robot accordion
player, a saxophone player that rises and sits and a drummer.  The
second organ was only built a number of years ago.

There is yet another one in the Dansant Museum in Hilvarenbeek, The
Netherlands, also with the "regular" layout, and a number of original
orphaned robots built by Decap that have never been installed on an
organ are also still at large.

The Decap Robot Band in the Dansant Museum can be seen and heard here:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzl3uFrfZ8A 

It was built in tandem with its twin organ in the Krijnen collection,
the last two ever built.

Kind regards,
Thijs Haenen
The Netherlands

 [ The newest robot organ built by Decap Antwerp is shown
 [ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XmpPjkpEw8  and
 [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azN1Bm9YoIw  Notice the
 [ xylophone hanging above the saxophonist!  YouTube offers
 [ many videos of these entertaining orchestrions; search at
 [ https://www.youtube.com/ for <Decap robot>.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Fri 14 Nov 2014, 00:38:16 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

Key Words in Subject:  Bands, Decap, Netherlands, Robot

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