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DE ANGELENA 55 KEYLESS DUTCH STYLE STREET ORGAN
De Angelena is a dutch style street organ made by David Leach & Mark Waltham. It is of
55note but plays various scales, mainly 52 Limonaire.
The organ is the last one to be built in the 20th century. Its playing system
is the ODEON midi, however, there is at this
mo ment a key frame being built for it,as many English arrangers do not use midi.
De Angelena has 146 pipes which are sectioned up as VIOLIN,BOURDON,ALTO VIOLIN,CELLO
&12 NOTE BOURDON BASS. There is also an 18 note glock
Bass drum,snare drum,two cymbals & a two beater woodblock.
The organ front was constructed by Graham Spencer
A SELECTION OF COMPACT DISCS & TAPES ARE AVAILIBLE OF THIS ORGAN (See CD
page)
24 KEY ARISTON ORGANETTE
This organette is undergoing restoration at present, but when finished, it will
play off card discs, one duration of the disc is one verse & chorus.
Sounds very similar to the Mignon. |
THE IRON MAN 42 KEY DE CAP/PLUER DUTCH STREET ORGAN
This very unique Dutch Street Organ started its life as a Cafe Organ in the early
1920s.In 1953 the organ suffered extensive fire damage & it was at that point,
the organ, or what was left of it,was bought by well known Dutch organ Renters
Perlee.All that remained of the Cafe organ was the DeCap violins & accompniment
pipework.
Perlee allready had another partly destroyed organ in their workshops at that
time, but rather than build one out of two, they decided to rebuild both organs
to traditional Dutch street organ scale.
They would both have virtualy the same decorated fronts & go by the names
of "The Iron Henry" (Bursens) &"The Iron Man"(DeCap).
It is the Iron man that is seen here & is now in the ownership of Graham
Spencer.It forms part of the large Organ collection found in the New Forest.
A COMPACT DISC IS AVAILIBLE OF THIS ORGAN
22 NOTE MIGNON MINSTREL ORGANETTE
Purchased this year, instead of having traditional pipes, this late 19th century
organette has 22 reeded cells & plays via paper rolls. I bought this instrument
this year 2004 & now forms part of my large collection of mechanical instruments. |
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DE HARLEQUIN 50 KEY HEESBEEN DUTCH STREET ORGAN
A 50 key Dutch street organ built in 1990 by Theo Heesbeen & son in Tilburg,
holland, on the 52 Limonaire Scale.The organ has had a chequered history untill
it came to us in 2003, since when, a whole new selection of carboard music has
been purchased, plus the organ has undergone huge changes, new bellows , new pipework,
just some of the changes that have been made to improve the performance of this
superb street organ
A COMPACT DISCS ARE AVAILIBLE OF THIS ORGAN |
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DE KLEINE MOLEN 36 KEYLESS KRULL DUTCH STREET ORGAN
This organ is a fairly new instrument, built last year, 2003 by Fabian Krull,
Leiden, Holland,it was used throughout that year on the streets of Leiden. Imported
into this country by Graham Spencer, 2004
It is a very sweet organ to listen to, & is hand cranked.
Ideal for any outside occasion, it comes with its own traditional Three wheeled
Dutch cart,& a large selection of book music
A HAND TURNED COMPACT DISC IS AVAILIBLE OF THIS ORGAN |
 "CLASSICA" 20 NOTE JOHN SMITH
STREET ORGAN
This organ has a lovely tale to tell.
6 year old Ashley Spencer allways wanted to be just like Dad
We tried very hard to find him an organ that would suit him
but without success, untill one day, in a passing conversation
with John Smith of Flitwick, Beds,
it was decided that John Himself would build Ashley an organ
that would suit his needs & his age.
The result is a superb mellow sounding organ,
completely different to his other instruments,
as it was built to play indoors, as well as out.
In the two years Ashley has had the organ
he has collected many pounds for the I.P.S.E.A.
charity, but most of all, he can allways be seen with
a huge smile on his face, he now has an organ ,
just like Dad.
Ashley is now 9 years old, & still possibly is the youngest organ
owner in the country ?
De Harlequin 50 key Heesbeen Dutch Street Organ
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