Dear friends of the Mechanical Music Digest,

Sorry for my bad English -- I'll try to give my best version.  For us
(Waldkircher Orgelbau Jaeger and Brommer) the possibilities to get in
contact with new friends of the Mechanical Music Instruments are just new.

First, I will give a short information about ourselves: we are both
two master-organ-builders here in Waldkirch in the south of Germany.
Waldkirch is located in the Black Forest, not far from Freiburg.  We
think that everyone who likes the mechanical organs knows something about
Waldkirch and the great tradition.

We founded our own factory in 1988.  Heinz Jaeger is the grandson of the
Gebrueder Weber-factory family.  We work now with 10 specialists in our
shop, where we produce new street organs and as well the great
band-organs.  One of our specialties is the restoration of mechanical
and pneumatic music-instruments.  To see and hear some of our products we
are just now working on our own Internet home-page.  If there will be any
interest, we can give to all our Internet-address when we are ready.  One
of our main interests is to find out where today the organs out of
Waldkirch are playing.

In 1999 we have our great festival of 200 years of organ building in
Waldkirch.  Would anybody come to us?  We can help!  Also we can give
some short information about our great history in Waldkirch.  If there
will be any interest we will give it also to the Digest.  We will give
also our help to all of you if you have questions about organs.

Our address is

    Waldkircher Orgelbau
    Am Gewerbekanal 5
    D-79183 Waldkirch
    Germany
    tel: 001149 - 7681 - 3927
    fax: 001149 - 7681 - 9370
    e-mail: jaegerbrommer@t-online.de

Wolfgang Brommer

 [ Don't worry about bad grammar, Wolfgang -- you are a good writer
 [ and you present your thoughts well, therefore I can easily correct
 [ any small problems.  As the 1999 Waldkirch Festival plans take
 [ shape please write to us.
 [
 [ I think that an "Inventory of Mechanical Organs" is a project which
 [ the Digest members could help with.  Imagine a catalog or book with
 [ the history of the big instruments: where they were first used, what
 [ happened later, and where they are now.  A fascinating project --
 [ just think of tracing the path of a Waldkirch organ through Belgium,
 [ and of the modifications by Carl Frei and others, and then becoming
 [ a Dutch Street Organ performing in Cuba, or in a carusel somewhere!
 [
 [  -- Robbie