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Visit my new web site and my Wellershaus fair organ:

  http://www.wellershaus.nl/

Jetse de Boer
Jirnsum, Friesland, The Netherlands

 [ The organ was purchased in 1910 by showman A. Koopal who operated it
 [ for a total of 55 years!  Originally a barrel organ built in 1890,
 [ it was converted to play book music in 1930 by Carl Frei of Breda.
 [
 [ Complete restoration of the organ by Henk Veeningen commenced in
 [ March 2005.  Jetse de Boer himself built and painted the replacement
 [ facade while incorporating the original Gavioli scrollwork.  Says
 [ restorer Veeningen, "It is the only one of its kind in the
 [ Netherlands.  It has 78 keys, whereas normal [Wellershaus] is
 [ 56 to 60."
 [
 [ Ref.  http://www.frieschdagblad.nl/index.asp?artid=27366
 [ Photo at http://www.frieslandholland.nl/nieuws/Draaiorgel_GR.jpg
 [ -- Robbie