In the MMD from March 13 Doug Mauldin wrote about a Dutch Band Organ in
a movie.  He spoke about a certain H. Mollmann, as well as H. Mohlmann.

The name Moehlmann is very well known in the world of the Dutch street
organ; the name actually is written as Moehlmann.  This name originates
from Germany, and where I write "oe" the German language uses the "o"
with an "Umlaut" on top.  On a US-keyboard this combination can be
produced by pressing the Alt-tab while inputting the number 137.

A little bit of history, not even trying to be complete: In Holland
street-organs (and pianolas) most of the time were not owned, but rented
from specialised rental companies.  The very first one, who started this
activity in Amsterdam, was the Belgian Leon Warnies, a blind man.  When
he died his wife continued the rental company.  Their sons Leon and
Gabriel later took over, together with their brother Dorus.

In 1923 the brothers Warnies sold their organs. Their sister Suzanne, who
was the widow of a certain Henk Moehlmann, then started the rental of a
couple of organs under the name of Weduwe Moehlmann-Warnies (Widow M-W).
It's then that the name Moehlmann shows up in street-organ-land. The son,
a Henk Moehlmann too, later also bought some organs, and continued the
family tradition.  Even nowadays there is a Henk Moehlmann active in the
same business, together with other descendants of the Warnies-family.

A short remark on the organ in the film "Operation Amsterdam."  The organ
is real, but when it comes to the shooting a mock-up was used.

Jan Kijlstra