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Those are mostly popular in Britain and it’s not so easy to arrange long and specific songs for organs. If you really want to hear them, learn to make arrangements and offer them to people.

To question 1. There is no Vacuum but a set of bellows that feed air to the pipes. The system is known as pressure pneumatic. The Handle is designed to make quite sure enough air gets to the pipes. as smaller and the Organ grinder would have to turn the handle much faster. thereby knackering himself To question two The two knobs on the side of the instrument control Registers. One is for Violins and tother is a bourdon stop. They can be used separately or together to vary the sound the instrument makes. Hope this is of use. Mechanix Muzak

one of my very early arrangements in 1993 I think

an organ is no organ sans monkey

What's the point of doing that. One - I arrange my own music and Tom Meijer has already done it for larger instruments Two - I probably wouldn't fit on the scale of the Organ so I repeat, what's the point????????????????

Sorrrreeeeyyyyyy! The instrument was in a big shed and the blower was rather loud. Beggars can't be choosers. Why didn't you come to Hollycombe to experience the instrument in the flesh, instead of crimping about the quality of recording.

Yes I know they do, but as I said in the blurb, This is a working organ and they all can't sound perfect in every way. These instruments are very hard to maintain and don't stay in tune for very long. One is always tinkering with them.

@@Mekanixmuzak oh my apologies, I interpreted that to mean that the organ was operating, not that it was having maintenance and repairs. Like how one would say a working elevator to describe one that is operating as expected. I understand the delicacy of the instruments. Keep up the good work.

Not worn there. it wasn't too far from a Candy Floss stall !!!!!!!!

WOW your comment has done the same thing to me - So glad you like it. This is a big tune for a fairground organ and this instrument makes such a good job of it. THANX FOR YR KIND WORDS.

No diesel Genny, but a very noisy blower. Beggars can't be choosers as to the environment in which the instruments is playing. One just has to shut out the background noise like one does when listening to scratchy 78 r.p.m. records. We are all used to a hermetically sealed environment when listening to music. This is a real field performance in the raw... Get used to it!!!

I'll think about it, however it is a bit of a nightmare logistically, but never say die

Further to melkiorwiseman5234's comment, is there a back-of-the-machine video of this piece being played?

You are quite right about the visibility of the workings. I normally film from the inside by where the card goes through the keyframe See any of my other posts. I actually arranged and cut this book. It took a hell of a long time. Thanx for your comments.

Yah.... Took me a whole Month top arrange this piece. but rather pleased with the result.

@@Mekanixmuzak I would like to know how you do that! Meanwhile I found your video about the impressive and time consuming making process. Thank you.

Yes all my Videos are especially made with kids in mind as the organ side is educational and the train are just fun for those whop are into that thing

I am glad that you recognise these Ghost notes.I make quite a big use of these ghost notes especially in the smaller scale. when you have a small hand turned organ it naturally has a limited scale, 3 bass note if you are lucky and most of the sharps are left out. only the ones that that pertain to the key the organ is pitched in i.e. Key of F. A sharp is essential and Key of G an F sharp would;d also be useful. So, it his up to the Noteur to psychologically bamboozle the listener. Unfortunately most noters on small scales tend to ignore this phenomenon, particularly in the Bass and tend to bang in an approxomatebass note which shows up the limitation of the organ scale and makes a horrible noise at the same time. Thuan for your interest

Sorry about that actually it is broken and the working one is in the kitchen where I also work- so no worries

I will contact the owner to find out where the organ is out. It will be on the weekends, so watch this space

You are right. I actually arranged the music for the organ and the Chap who owns and maintains the instrument rebuilt the case and instrument under the direction of a known Fairground Organ Builder. Thanx for your nice comments. It makes. it all worthwhile

The owner, Brian Wells, purposely didn't get an Organ with Metal Trumpets. As they would upset the balance of the instrument. The wooden ones are much mellower and as a result we have a very nice cohesive sound

@@Mekanixmuzak I dont see any trumpets though? The saxophone register simply appears to be the reed rank and it's helper. In most Gavioli and Marenghi organs, there is also a wooden trumpet with them!

@@christiantedesco1477 I think that Brian the owner may have left the trumpets out, I am not sure, but I know he doesn't like the strident sound that they can make. I certainly know that he doesn't like Metal Trumpets. and when buying this instrument in the states he particularly avoided the trumpet route. I have a chat with him and get back to you.

Not every Gavioli organ has trumpets (wooden or metal) on countermelody, many of them only have saxophones as original from the factory (plus cello helpers and sometimes stopped flutes).

Correct, Although I play the piano and organ, I can't do all the difficult pieces, but also being a Army trained band musician I have a flair for arranging hence all these wonderful Books Thanx for your reply

Glad you like it. Its on what I call a playing stencil

I'M HAVING TO USE THE FARANDOLE TO ANSWER YOUR FUERHER'S FACE. This is a completely original version and I follows Spike Jones and His city Slickers version.Complete with Tatty German band. The only thing I couldn't reproduce was the Bronx Cheer aka and Raspberry noise Maker. How's Neptune's getting on with all those Clams and Crabs. You should play Under the Sea, That would be fun. Glad you are drawing through my U-Tube effort. There are plenty of pieces that are not normal for Fairground Organ

That pleases me and please enjoy the wonderful 89-key Gavioli, There is a lot more to come

Can you advise me as to what the new Ableton is?

@@Mekanixmuzak Ableton is a DAW(digital audio workstation): the joke is that the book looks like a midi roll on a DAW; new is used in a sarcastically on an old machine( in a humorous manner)

@@madador1572 Thanx for the definition but in 1895 when the organ was built this was no joke but the state of art way of producing music. I actually write the piece down on Cakewalk that for all intents and purposes is a midi file. this then gets converted into a programme that drives a cutting machine that produces the holes and slots by means of a laser.

@@Mekanixmuzak Oh! That's a very interesting process of producing books. I didn't know that such a program exists for cutting books. I wonder if such a process is documented on youtube yet.