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| 1996.08.30.09 |
URL for National Fairground Association
from Ron Yost Hello all! I've found an interesting Web site for the English "National Fairground Association". http://www.shef.ac.uk/~nfa/ It's a well designed site with lots of information on the history of the English Fair, including biographies of many of the Showmen (and Women!) who have guided the developmen... |
| 1997.07.11.08 |
Modern Band Organ Design
from Tim Blyth •> "Action: Direct electric action (as pioneered by Wicks) would be > employed for all wind switching. *** Electric wind valves never > (well, hardly ever) *** wear out. They can be driven by TTL (or > whatever) protocol." Well, in my experience I have had to work on fairly modern mechanical instrum... |
| 2001.09.25.09 |
Fair Organ Restoration Ethics
from Adam G. Ramet •The organ builders' letter in MMD 09.22.01 is a very interesting issue. The rebuild-as-new trend reminds me of the story of the 14th century axe whose handle has been replaced 6 times and the head replaced three times. Simply, if you replace all an organ's pipework it isn't the same organ anymore. ... |
| 2004.08.24.08 |
Unknown Fair Organs & Tunes on Old Recordings
from Adam G. Ramet •[ Ref. http://mmd.foxtail.com/Sounds/Barrett/index.html #9: "Annen Polka" by Johann Strauss #15: "Banditenstreiche Overture" (Jolly Robbers Overture) by Franz von Suppe #21 is definitely not by Ketelbey nor Victor Herbert. There is much similarity to Robert Stolz's 1920 foxtrot "Salome". By its sty... |
| 2004.08.24.10 |
Unknown Fair Organs & Tunes on Old Recordings
from Bjorn Isebaert •Hi to all! I listened to all the fragments of Andrew Barrett's cassette on the web site, and these are 'my two cents worth': #2: Gruss an Kiel (Fr. Spohr) #3: Bummel Petrus (M. Werner Kersten) -- sounds like a Voigt (perhaps the one that can be heard in the game "Rollercoaster Tycoon", now in the N... |
| 2004.08.25.04 |
Unknown Fair Organs & Tunes on Old Recordings
from Douglas Bush •Further to the previous suggestions and identifications, tunes #2 and #9 are almost certainly played on Hans Kruse's 70-keyless Wellershaus organ and were included on an LP of that organ. Tune #5 is 'En boheme', possibly played on a model 36 Ruth. Tunes #7, #15, #20, and #24 are the 112-keyless Car... |
| 2006.04.13.03 |
Decca LP of Imhof & Mukle at Birmingham Museum
from Les Gage •-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- A monaural 10-inch LP recording of this instrument, made in the Museum, was issued by Decca in the UK in Jan. 1959: Orchestrion Organ 1879 DECCA LF 1310 I would think it would be recorded in stereo by that time but I don't believe one was ever is... |
| 2009.10.30.05 |
Mortier Dance Organ
from Andy Hood •I have in my LP collection a Decca record, dated 1966, titled "Dance to the Mortier Organ." According to the text on the jacket, the organ is a 112-key Mortier dance organ. Apparently it was bought by the late George Cushing of Norfolk for his collection, which later became the Thursford Collection... |
| 2010.05.30.02 |
Carl Frei Concert Organs on LP
from Robbie Rhodes •Fred Dahlinger sends additional information and corrections about the large Carl Frei organs. He says the LP record, Decca Eclipse ECS 2080, "Carl Frei Concert Organ - Medley Of Music Arranged By Carl Frei", is a recording of the 105-key Carl Frei, Jr. organ in the George Cushing collection at Thur... |
| 1998.01.28.14 |
Associations and Museums in Great Britain
from Philippe Rouillé •[ Rather than put everything in one huge MM Digest, Philippe will [ periodically send portions of his list separately to MMD, and [ thus will have the chance to gather updates from our readers [ and 'museum explorers' around the world. Note: I had to [ delete a little text here and there which had ... |
| 2000.01.24.01 |
Street Organs in Belgium and The Netherlands
from Adam G. Ramet •Dear MMDers, I have had a short hunt through my bookshelves this weekend and have found a few photos of organs for you. I took all the pictures whilst on vacation in Holland and Belgium; they date from 1987-1989. The street organs from these countries fall into a unique category of their own, both ... |
| 2001.09.16.01 |
Great Dorset Steam Fair
from Roger Wiegand •This is an event that anyone interested in mechanical music or steam powered devices ought to make it to once (or more) in their lives! I've posted a few of the pictures I took on my web site at: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/rwiegand/GDSF/GDSF_top.htm The pages are rather large if you are on a slo... |
| 2002.01.31.01 |
Barrel Piano by E. Mazzoletti of Belgium
from Bjorn Isebaert •Dear MMDers, Walter Tenten asked in MMD 020130 about the firm Mazzoletti in Belgium. This Italian immigrant founded a small business in 1898 of (automatic) pianos and orchestrions (or rather called 'tingel-tangels' in Brussels). From 1910 till about 1914, his shop and workshop were established at t... |
| 2004.09.18.01 |
Unknown Fair Organs & Tunes on Old Recordings
from Andrew Barrett •Hello all, First, I would like to apologize for taking so long sending this thank-you note. I have been heavily involved in school since the last two weeks of August, and have scarcely had time to look at the computer, much less type anything. I would like to thank everyone for helping me out as fa... |
| 2009.10.15.04 |
Unknown Fair Organs & Tunes on Old Recordings
from Elwin Naastepad •[ Ref. 040813 MMDigest, "Unknown Fair Organs & Tunes on Old Recordings", [ by Andrew Barrett, in MMD Archives at [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Sounds/Barrett/index.html [ Summary of replies published in MMDigest at [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Sounds/Barrett/replies.html Hello, I can give ... |
| 2009.10.19.03 |
Unknown Fair Organs & Tunes on Old Recordings
from Robbie Rhodes •[ The message below comes from an avid fan of carousel organs [ who wishes to remain anonymous. [ -- Robbie Rhodes, MMD Ref.: Unknown Fair Organs & Tunes on Old Recordings by Andrew Barrett (040813 MMDigest) http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Sounds/Barrett/index.html In composing this "admission," I'... |
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