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Unknown Band Organ "Dixie" & "Yankee Doodle"
By Dale F. Rowe

[ Norman West wrote in 200215 MMDigest: ]

> It's not the "Taj Mahal" recording nor the 1912 National calliope
> heard on the recording "The Circus is Coming". 

Norman, Greetings from The Bronx!  In regard to your inquiry, judging 
from the instrument's tonality and arrangement, what you have is not 
a recording of a band organ, but that of a Welte Orchestrion. 

(This is much like a similar situation wherein Klavier Records put out 
a great CD of what they called 'Carousels of Europe'.  The only problem 
is that none of the recordings are of band organs or fairground organs; 
all of the contained selections are of very large European orchestrions!
Don't get me wrong, the CD is full of marvelous music, worthy of 
anyone's collection!) 

Hope this helps, 
D.F. Rowe
Bronx, New York 



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