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Mid-size Pedal Player Organs
By Nicholas Simons

In response to Todd Augsburger, Maxfield also made a keyboard-less
31-note pedal-winded organ.  This has a single rank of reeds, a Forte
stop and a Vox Humana stop.  It uses a hand crank to operate the
music roll.  This roll looks similar to the 20-note Celestina roll,
being of the same width, but has 31 notes and different ends.  The
inner workings are similar to other Maxfield instruments, such as the
Seraphone.  This instrument plays both rolls and loops.

To answer Todd's second question, I would not call any floor-mounted
machine an organette.  To me, the word organette implies a small organ
but also portability.  Once they have a keyboard they become player
organs for real, so that leaves something like 'keyless player organ'.

Best regards,
Nicholas Simons
UK

P.S.: I've just remembered that Mechanical Orguinette Co. made
a floor-standing 46-note keyless player organ with many ranks of reeds.
This was called the Tonsyreno.  It was the same size as the standard
player organ but without the keyboard.  It couldn't have sold well.


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