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Unknown Crank Organ Book Music
By Alan Fox

I ran across several fan-fold music books, perforated by Arthur
Prinsen, that most likely were for playing on crank organs. They
measure 5 inches by 6-1/2 inches by several inches thick, of heavy
cardboard.

I measured 6 perforations per inch so they probably played on
26-28 size key frames. The home-built organ (long gone) using the
books had 67 pipes.

I'd like to know which organ these books possibly were made for.

Alan Fox
Santa Maria, California


(Message sent Thu 18 Aug 2022, 02:23:11 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Book, Crank, Music, Organ, Unknown

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