The following message appeared on the Reed Organ Mailing List today.
Anyone know about the Organ Grinder Restaurant?

Fritz Gellerman

> Subj:  Reed organ sightings
> Date:  96-08-03 00:41:56 EDT
> From:  dohler@adi.com
> Sender:        owner-ros@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
> To:    ros@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
>
> We just returned from a short trip to Toronto, and spotted 2 reed
> organs in an interesting place.  We ate dinner at The Organ Grinder
> restaurant in downtown Toronto (58 The Esplanade, to be exact), and
> found 2 reed organs.
>
> One was a Dominion, made in Bowmanville, Ontario, standing against the
> wall to the left of the theatre organ.  It's in pretty rough shape; I
> had nothing
>
> on which to write, and it was a bit dark, so I can't give a stop list.
>
> The second organ I almost missed, but happened to look - UP!  It was
> hanging
>
> from a post(!) towards the rear of the restaurant.  I couldn't get a
> good look at it, so have no idea what kind it is.
>
> Perhaps some of our Toronto residents can fill in the blanks.  BTW, the
> show was quite good.
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