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Vaclav Slavik Barrel Organ
By Dave Ingalls

I recently restored a reed playing monkey- or hand-organ with
a medallion on the front that reads:

 VACLAV SLAVIK
 HONOVICICH
 HOTOVITEL HARMONIK

It has a pinned barrel and plays 28 notes.  It appears to be from the
turn of the century, or earlier.  You can see pictures and specs at
http://server2.hypermart.net/mechmusic/pics/corgan.html

It came with its original shipping crate which has a paper shipping
label with the following info:

 69  Von Horovic nach Zbirow (Haltestelle) der Boehmichen Westbahn

Is anyone familiar with this organ or the firm that made it?  I am
unable to find anything about it in any of the references that I have.

Dave Ingalls
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/bassey/10/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/5509/



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Key Words in Subject:  Barrel, Organ, Slavik, Vaclav

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