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	Organ (music) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the Western musical tradition, with a rich history connected with Christian liturgy and civic ceremony.
		Organs (the "pipe" designation is generally assumed) range in size from a single short keyboard to huge instruments which can have over 10,000 pipes.
		The introduction of church organs is traditionally attributed to Pope Vitalian in the seventh century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Organ_(music) (2261 words)

	Fairground organ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Fairground Organ is a pipe organ which is not played with a keyboard, but by mechanical means such as Piano roll or Book music.
		Also known as Mechanical Organs they were very popular as a means of playing music to a large number of people before the invention of devices for recording sound.
		Historically, these organs have been found travelling with fairs, often powered by a Showman's engine, and more recently they can be found at outdoor events such as fetes or steam rallies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fairground_organ (165 words)

	Fairground music - Gavioli, Limonaire, Verbeeck, Marenghi and more!
		Small organs were converted to play from a Gavioli 48-key scale, medium sized organs were converted to a Gavioli 65-key scale and the remaining 87-key Gavioli organs were modernised, gaining violins and baritone clarinets and converted to their rival Marenghi 89-key scale.
		New organs constructed on this system have been largely installed on permanent sites, but Bishton's of Nottingham travel two, a 65-keyless Pell in the Number 1 Gallopers and a 48-keyless Waltham in their number 2 Gallopers and a 50-keyless Waltham may be heard in the brand-new Gallopers of Albert Botton.
		On a happier note, many organs are presented by their preservation owners, although once again, the number of full blooded showman's organs travelling seems to have reduced over the last few years, the latest trend being brand new organs built in England to pseudo-Dutch practices.
	www.thegalloper.com /backstories/0602organs.html (2790 words)

	Mechanical Organs
		This organ was built during the 1970's by a professional electronics engineer with an interest in fairground organs.
		The organ consists of various ranks, just as in a pipe organ, and each one is produced by its own separate tone generator, so that the overall sound can be 'voiced' in a similar way to a traditional pipe organ.
		This was originally a 65 key Gavioli organ built for a dance hall, later being reduced in size and used as a so-called 'Evangelistic Organ' on the streets in Holland.
	acpilmer.com /mechanicalorgans.html (1517 words)

	Fairground Organs
		The punch-card playing street organ and its close relatives the showman's or fairground organ, the carousel organ, and the dance organ are most commonly associated with the Netherlands and Belgium, and it was there that many of the most famous makers flourished, especially in the 30 years either side of 1900.
		The ones worth looking out for are the big showman's and fair organs, which were either entertainments in their own right on the fairground or were coupled with another large attraction such as a dance stage or later a Bioscope (Cinema).
		A big fairground organ is the size of semi-trailer, on wheels, and is driven by a belt off a steam engine or by current generated by one.
	www.users.dircon.co.uk /~oneskull/3.6.11.htm (1200 words)

	Gaviola, band organ history,
		Small organs were converted to play from a Gavioli 48-key scale, medium sized organs were converted to a Gavioli 65-key scale and the remaining 87-key Gavioli organs were modernized, gaining violins and baritone clarinets and converted to their rival Marenghi 89-key scale.
		Many organs are presented by their preservation owners, although once again, the number of full blooded showman's organs traveling seems to have reduced over the last few years, the latest trend being brand new organs built in England to pseudo-Dutch practices.
		Rebuilt in the 1920s to play from Marenghi 98-key scale, the organ lost the rest of its show front and was installed in a Dragon Scenic Railway and until recently remained in the ownership of the White family, to whom it was delivered in 1909.
	www.playerpianos.com /gavioli.html (2877 words)

	Kring van Draaiorgelvrienden, English
		At the village and town fairs all the music was made by fairground organs, with a distinctive different sound; nearly every attraction, big or small, possessed such an organ.
		On the fairground many of the organs were replaced by sound installations, which were less costly to maintain, and also less weighty and easier to transport.
		The aims of the society are: to rise the interest and love for the mechanical organ; the preservation of this type of organ and all that is linked to it historically or otherwise; the rise of the musical level and prestige of the organ as a folkloristic musical instrument (section 3 of the regulations).
	www.draaiorgel.org /english/information.htm (1230 words)

	MMD Archives: Fairground Organ CD "Art of Mechanical Music"
		It is of a 105 Key Gavioli, it has a nice photo of the organ on the cover and also in the booklet.
		This organ also had a twin, unfortunately it was destroyed during the bombing of Nantes in 1940.
		Anyone who likes the sound of big Fairground organs will be pleased with the sound of this big Gavioli, nothing can beat the thrill like hearing a big organ like this belt out The Entry of the Gladiators or Valencia.
	mmd.foxtail.com /Archives/Digests/200003/2000.03.30.02.html (265 words)

	OrganFocus.com Link Directory
		Organ Stop: Cuckoo - A 'toy' stop which imitates the call of the cuckoo bird using two pipes pitched a major or minor third apart and blown successively.
		Organ Stop: Paukerengel - A stop found in a few old German organs, actuated by a pedal, which caused one or more angels, mounted in the organ case, to beat drums.
		The organ is being built in Novelda, in the province of Alicante, Spain, by a young Spanish organ builder, Ivan Larrea.
	www.organfocus.com /links/index.php?CID=17 (875 words)

	Insurance Section
		The organ was then used in a Walzer ride which Silcock, the eldest of the four Silcock brothers, had acquired that same year from Messrs.
		Silcock Brothers were staunch believers that the only kind of music for a fairground came from a fairground organ, and they were one of the last commercial users of such organs in England.
		Soon after, the instrument was selected by the Valentine Music Group of London to be the subject of the first new fairground organ recording to be issued on compact disc in the United Kingdom on their OS Digital label.
	www.acpilmer.com /gallery_dunford.html (1405 words)

	Wurlitzer 165 catalog
		By the time the first 165 band organ was manufactured, the company must have been equipping its organs only with the long roll tracker frame, because the 165 roll was not issued in two different formats at any time; the ten-tune roll was standard from the beginning.
		If an organ's tempo control is set so that the first few tunes on one of those rolls play at a satisfactory tempo, then the tunes at the end tend to race noticeably.
		If this theory is correct it should follow that owners who purchased their 165 band organs in the mid-1920's or later should not have been able to purchase any of the popular-tune 6500 rolls, but should have been able to purchase evergreen 6500 rolls.
	wurlitzer-rolls.com (5292 words)

	Whistles in the Wind
		Organ addicts, it would seem, are particularly prone to develop a certain weakness for trains, and more especially for steam engines.
		No less characteristic and curious is the fact that the organ and the engine are revered by their connoisseurs as objects in themselves, and not simply as means to an end.
		Organs and engines, we tell ourselves solemnly, are fine and stately things, set about with craftsmanship and art.
	www.albany.edu /piporg-l/whistles.html (1552 words)

	Madam Laura
		The organ was converted to 87 Key cardboard music books in July of 1914 by the firm of C.Eifler in Darby, Pa.
		The size of the organ is 8 foot 11 3/4 inches high, 10 foot 6 inches wide and 46 inches deep.
		These pictures are how the organ looked at she sat in storage in Statesville, North Carolina in July of 2004.
	www.bandorganmusic.com /Madam_Laura.htm (710 words)

	ARTIZAN BAND ORGAN
		Fairground Organs were developed in Europe and the major manufacturers were German (Bruder and Ruth), French (Gavioli, Limonaire and Gasparini) and Dutch (Frei). Fairground organ music is quite musical.
		Whereas American Band Organs generally play marches and waltzes, the Fairground Organs often play classical, opera or operetta music in addition to popular tunes of the day.
		Company, a manufacturer of high quality, reproducing pianos. The organettes were produced by the tens of thousands annually from the 1880’s through the early 1900’s. Operated by a paper roll, they included 20 pipes and were made for home use.
	www.channelbells.com /music/organs/organs.htm (245 words)

	Jef Peeters maginificent Gavioli fairground organ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		During this restoration the organ was (amongst other things) extended to 89-keys and the bellows were replaced by a blower.
		The original front of the organ dates from 1963, serving it's time as front of the French Gavioli Organ called "de Leeuw" (translated: "the Lion"), which is owned by the Lions Club in the city of Tiel, The Netherlands.
		The organ however stayed in Jef's posession and is presented to the public on a regual basis.
	www.thegalloper.com /backstories/0103idius.htm (523 words)

	Fairground Organ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		A 48-keyless fairground organ is housed at the museum.
		Built in 1998 from a kit supplied by Alan Pell, the organ has approximately five hours of music, ranging from classical to popular selections.
		The organ travels to rallies and fetes around Lincolnshire and is available for hire.
	www.northingsfarmmuseum.co.uk /Organ.html (55 words)

	Home
		The majority of samples for Romantic Organ I and II were taken from this instrument which remains one of the finest concert hall organs ever built.
		Composers wrote specifically for its resources and to many, the quintessential sound of the pipe organ is that of large diapason choruses and mixtures coupled to fiery reeds and a thundering bass.
		In the various sections of the website, you will find demos of the organ samples in use, recorded excerpts of famous orchestral pieces created via midi, some of my own original compositions, a photo album of the organ(s) sampled together with pages dealing with subjects of related interest.
	www.silveroctopus.co.uk (368 words)

	MBSI.org : Glossary of Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		In band organs, a short loudly-voiced open wood pipe frequently used to supplement or augment the tone and volume of the piccolo.
		In fairground organs the French horn has a brass resonator similar in appearance to a trumpet.
		In dance organs, a stopped flute pipe or chimney flute with a special tremulant, consisting of a pallet covering the outside opening of a small hole drilled in the back of the pipe, opposite the mouth.
	www.mbsi.org /glossary-f-j.php (2452 words)

	www.fairgroundhistory.bravehost.com - Home Page
		It had a gavioli trumpet organ in the centre of the ride when it was new.
		Later this was replaced by an 87 key gavioli fairground organ which intern was replaced with an 89 key gavioli, alas this did not last as to its poor condition the organ was broken up and the best parts of the gavioli carvework and figures were retained.
		John Emerson was the first child of Randolph and Susannah born 1896, he left the fairground life to train to become a priest but due to unforseen circumstances did not complete his training and had to return to help run the family buisness.
	fairgroundhistory.bravehost.com /index.html (1397 words)

	Fairground Organ, Player Pianos, Music Boxes Restorers and Builders Links
		A Cragg Organ Builders, manufacture or repair of most organ parts and pipes to your requirements.
		Andrew Whitehead and Co - restoration of fairground organs, builders of new and replica fairground organs, alterations and tuning, cutting and repairing of cardboard music
		Argentinian Barrel Organ Museum - La Salvia: Entire collection of all the models of barrel organs, manufactured in Buenos Aires by La Salvia family.
	www.fops.org /links/linkrest.htm (1129 words)

	How does an organ work??
		An organ is an instrument that is operated using air from a set of bellows or a mechanical blower to operate various valves and to produce sound from either wooden or metal pipes, organs can be either manual or mechanical.
		The keyed organ was developed from the jacquard loom idea of using punched cards to operate a machine, however it was the Gavioli firm that used the idea to sound there organs with this method, this replaced the barrel what was slow and cumbersome.
		Bellows have been used in organs since there creation, usually there is one set in a small organ, and two in larger organs, and some can contain 3, depending on the amount of air that the organ needs to play with, this is the most traditional method of supplying wind
	freespace.virgin.net /chris.doe/frames/how.htm (685 words)

	RBA-Verhuur history
		No less than 10 fairground organs, the complete stock of porcelain, and all the attractions which were present at the time, were all completely destroyed.
		The 115 key Verbeeck Centenary Organ, built in 1984, is the big role model for the “dream organ” of the Kelders family.
		To give an indication of the disposition of this concert organ: 1133 pipes, including ones from real copper, 23 lines of pipes with differrent sounds, kettle drum, vibraphone, xylophone, bass drum, cymbal, military drums, castanets, of which the last four are double percussion, and finally, 18 tubular bells.
	www.rba-verhuur.nl /historieen.htm (1377 words)

	Renaissance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Our artist’s first exposure to the organ at the age of about three was not to a theatre organ but to a band organ or fairground organ that played from perforated rolls.
		Allen Theatre organs are widely acclaimed for their accuracy in reproducing the authentic sound of the theatre pipe organ.
		Samples are taken from many theatre pipe organs sampled for the express purpose of acquiring the finest sample library available.
	www.donthompson.org /renaissance.htm (608 words)

	Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		I acquired the first components for the organ in March 2005 and immediately started work on the construction of a framework to hold it all.
		2 years to complete the organ to display standard, after which it will hopefully be mounted in a vehicle or towable trailer, to enable it to be taken to fundraising and charity events in North County Durham.
		The white object to the left is the air blower which is connected by a cardboard pipe to the underside of the main windchest.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /chrisinpelton (234 words)

	Holdings > Newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		These fanzines may centre on a particular aspect of fairground history such as the transport, in the case of the Road Locomotive Society, and the fairground organ which has an entire journal devoted to its history, published by the Fair Organ Preservation Society.
		Although this was not the first magazine run by fairground enthusiasts or friends of travelling showpeople, that distinction goes to Millicent Fawcett, editor of the magazine Caravan which briefly flourished in the 1880s, this was the first journal that attempted to provide a history of travelling fairs.
		The original notebooks and correspondence relating to Stuart Johnson have recently been donated to the National Fairground Archive by the Fairground Association, and are presently being examined by Kevin Scrivens and Stephen Smith.
	www.shef.ac.uk /nfa/holdings/newspapers/periodicals.php (630 words)

	The Big E Purchases "Mighty 2000M" Stinson Fairground Band Organ
		Exposition President, Wayne McCary, expressed confidence "that Stinson will build a unique band organ that will become part of the tradition of Eastern States Exposition for years to come." Eastern States' "Mighty 2000M" band organ will be housed within a custom designed show trailer that is a stage, and band shell.
		The Stinson Band Organ Company is a recognized designer of some of the finest mechanical musical instruments produced in the world today, to include the most elaborate fine quality mechanical band organs produced in North America during this era.
		For 35 years, magnificent Stinson Band Organs have been playing at amusement parks, carnivals, carousels, circuses, fairgrounds, festivals, fund raisers, skating rinks, zoos, within private collections, and as party rentals.
	www.stinsonbandorgans.com /press/03-11-2002.htm (433 words)

	GEMA News 157 - Historical Fairground Organs
		The organs that are still being played publicly today mostly reproduce music from times past; their possibilities in respect to contemporary music have been almost completely disregarded.
		Ludwig Blome's 79 Richter organ was built in 1910 and played for more than four decades at a fairground stall.
		Until 1966, the 83 Wellershaus organ accompanied the swingboats of a showman in Cologne.
	www.gema.de /engl/press/news/n157/orgeln.shtml (1154 words)

	Pipe Organ Presentations - Hands Across The Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		This organ was built in 1933 by the John Compton Organ Company.
		The organ is comprised of 3 manuals of 61 notes, with a 32 note pedalboard.
		When Don was very young he heard a band organ, also called a fairground organ.
	www.donthompson.org /hats.html (888 words)

	Band Organ Photos
		This smaller organ is a Wurlitzer style 105 organ.
		This large Ruth Organ was built in 1900 in Waldkirch, germany by A. Ruth &
		this organ from the first time I saw and heard it at the age of 2.
	hometown.aol.com /gavioli89/organ.html (365 words)

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