Hello!  A couple of times barrel organs made by Nechada of Odessa
have been the matter of discussion on the MMD.  Recently I found an
old article by Hans-Jörg Surber in the GSM Journal, "Das Mechanische
Musikinstrument" (No. 93, August, 2005), as well as a hyperlink to an
article by Eka Sakalashvili in the Kaukasische Post (German language)

  http://www.kaukasische-post.de/KP49/kult3.htm 

To keep it short, and for the benefit of non-German speaking MMDers,
Nechada of Odessa had a pupil, Vano Kitessov, who later set up his own
factory in Tiflis/Tbilisi building barrel organs first under the name
of Nechada, later under his own name.  In 2005, Vano's great-grandson,
Vaniko Kitessov, had taken over the factory and still was making
Nechada-style barrel organs.  According to the article, several organs
had been sold to the USA, to Japan and Germany.

Has anyone heard or seen a modern barrel organ by Kitessow?  Is the
firm still active?  Please tell us!

Christofer Noering
Stockholm

 [ A search on "Wano Kitessow" yields these different articles:
 [   http://www.kaukasische-post.de/KP49/kult3.htm 
 [   http://georgienblogspotcom.wordpress.com/2005/09/07/316/ 
 [ MMDigest articles about Nechada are indexed at
 [   http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/N/nechada.html 
 [ -- Robbie