I am forwarding the technical exact specifications of automatic organ
built by the sons of WILHELM BRUDER of Waldkirch Baden ca. 1816.

The organ is in good condition, but in view of its age some restoration
work will be necessary to bring out the full beauty of the magnificent
instrument's potential sound quality.  Our Company, which has specialized
in the construction of traditional pipe organs, has never built organs
of this type.  It therefore difficult for us to make any estimate of the
organ's price but considering the unique nature of the instrument a
reasonable figure might be around 100,000 USD.  I look to hearing from
you in the near future.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION: comprises a wind chest with six sliders and a
series of 72 buttons operated by a pin-studded belt.  The wedge-shaped
bellows are fed by means of crank-operated pumps.  The automatic piano
roll contains ten different pieces (waltz, polka, marches ...).  The
body is superbly decorated and mounted on wheels.

STOP CONFIGURATION: TRUMPET 8' BASS, FLUTE 8', MIXTURE 2 RANKS,
QUINT SOPRANO, DIAPASON 2', KLOSTER, VOX HUMANA 3 RANKS SOPRANO.
Total pipes 308.

DIMENSIONS: HEIGHT 176 CM, WIDTH 169 CM, DEPTH 90 CM.

Yours faithfully

Giovanni Zanin, Organi Zanin italia¶
tel: 0039/432/900241¶
fax: 0039/432/908022

 [ Editor's Note:
 [
 [ I have placed a copy of the image of the Wilhelm Bruder organ on
 [ the FTP archive on foxtail.  It's about 18kbytes.  You can access it
 [ from your Web browser using the following URL:
 [
 [      ftp://ftp.foxtail.com/pub/mechanical-music/misc/zanin.jpg
 [
 [ Jody

 [ Relief Editors note:
 [
 [ The writer is not a subscriber to MMD, so please respond directly to
 [ Mr. Zanin.  Perhaps someone can answer these questions:
 [
 [ 1. Wilhelm Bruder Soehne organs were built from about 1870 to 1940.
 [    Isn't the date more likely to be 1916?  The image resembles a
 [    Model 42, but wider.
 [
 [ 2. What is the pin-studded belt?
 [
 [ 3. Is USD 100,000 a reasonable value?
 [
 [ Jaeger & Brommer -- Are you listening?  Can you tell us what might
 [ this Waldkirch organ be, and its possible value?
 [
 [ Robbie