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Aeolian Player Pipe Organ in Italy
By Michael Roseboom

The following is a link to a YouTube video I came across that is
of an Aeolian player organ located somewhere in Italy:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nszUugs3cWE
Attachment thumbnail Does anyone know the exact location of this instrument, its opus number, and where it was used originally? Thanks, all. Mike Roseboom [ At http://www.youtube.com/user/crisbach83 (translated): [ [ "A typical day at the House of Giacobazzi! [ "While Alexander is working on a windchest, the Aeolian [console] [ is playing the Tamburini organ for us :-) The Tannhauser overture, [ played by Alfred Hertz for the Aeolian company, is reproduced with [ a roll dating back to the era of the 1914 organ. The console is [ temporarily connected to a Tamburini organ of 1954 because the [ Aeolian wind chests are being restored. In the video are panoramic [ shots in the workshop while Alexander works on the construction [ of a windchest." [ [ The web site of master builder Alessandro Giacobazzi, of Modeno, [ is http://www.alessandrogiacobazzi.org/index.html -- Robbie

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Key Words in Subject:  Aeolian, Italy, Organ, Pipe, Player