A Rare View behind the 1888 Frati band organ at Knobels amusement park.

[@BrantDisneyfan]

Nice to see the inside of the frati organ I hope the next time I go then hopefully I’ll have to check out the inside of the organ but for now I’ve seen it with facade

[@PeterMackett]

Great to finally see inside this organ.

[@MechanicalMusicTravels]

Strange - there is quite a large gap between the facade and organ itself!

[@That_One_Player_Piano]

@@MechanicalMusicTravels The lead technician told me the facade is not original. That’s probably the reason why. Who knows what happened to it.

[@BleakComposure]

Wow, a music dinosaur. That's cool too. 🎼🦕🎵

[@Creationstationtoybox]

I think it’s playing “She Taught Me How to Yodel”, is it?

[@That_One_Player_Piano]

Yeah the second song sounds like that. Good ear!

[@tedgonzalez5832]

The second tune is "Blame It On The Two Black Crows."

[@That_One_Player_Piano]

@@tedgonzalez5832 To be honest, it’s so out of tune you could probably come up with 10 titles lol.

[@tedgonzalez5832]

@@That_One_Player_Piano I know most of the tunes from the Frati organ; the organ mostly plays Artizan 61 key tunes with some Gavioli and Mills tunes thrown in too. “Blame It On The Two Black Crows” is a 1927 tune and is literally on the list of Artizan 61 key tunes. I study vintage sheet music and the tune completely matches up. The Frati is really not that out of tune if you think about it.

[@ACE324MINER]

when did they do a midi conversion?

[@That_One_Player_Piano]

@@ACE324MINER 2 or 3 years ago I think.

[@aaronb5060]

It's interesting how far the facade and snare drum are from the rest of the organ. Poor thing sounds due for a servicing and tuning.

[@That_One_Player_Piano]

@@aaronb5060 I agree. The guy who showed me behind(lead technician) told me the facade is not original. Which explains the snare drums position compared to the base drum.

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

Agree! I don’t know why bass drum is still on though.