White's Mammoth Gavioli - Houghton Feast Sat/04/Oct/2008

[portmeiriontours]

nice! missing it so much at the moment!

[anglerfly]

What are those things like in the middle that are moving up and down becide the brown pipes?

[David9763]

@anglerfly They're castanets.

[officialwaggroup]

this organ has got to be the queen of the fairground here in Britain!

[RWBHere]

Thanks, David. The organ was in fine fettle, despite the weather. An incomparable sound.

Has anyone posted any video of the Show Organ Society's other 98 key organ, the Gaudin?

[David9763]

No I don't think so, but I've heard that a lot of work has just recently been done on the Gaudin organ, and it could soon be making a reappearance - possibly this year. It'll be interesting to see and hear it again. It's quite a few years now since both it and the Gavioli stood side by side at Houghton Feast, playing in turn, & it was very interesting then hearing the Gaudin organ playing the Gavioli's music & vice versa. The amount of music for each organ to play had also doubled as well.

[coalshovle]

stuart mulcrow has posted a video of the gaudin on here.have a look,its just a good as the gavi!

[RWBHere]

Thanks for that information. It's at: watch?v=CIJb__VRHv4

That organ also lives up to expectations. An excellent, and rarely-seen instrument.

[98keygavioli]

amazing organ.....I suppose I love it to much!

[98keygavioli]

thankyou so much for uploading this....this fantastic organ is one of my favourite ever organs and ive had the pleasure in operarting it on numerous ocasions over the many years ive been involved in the wonderfull world of mechanical music........

I have thousand's of pictures ofd this organ on my website " World of Mechanical Music " if you are intersted!

Thankyou again!

[David9763]

I'm pleased you like my video. I had a look at your web site a few weeks ago when I read a message on the iMOD Forum about it that included a link for it. I see you have some brilliant and very interesting photos there.

Please feel free to contact me privately as I have been a big fan of this amazing fairground organ for years and I have loads of photos I've taken of it myself that I'm willing to share with you.

[98keygavioli]

Thankyou for your kind comments regarding the website....It will be having a facelift and a complete re-build in a couple of weeks to improve it.......

[pianolasociety]

the 1st tune is the end of "Cani Espana"

[David9763]

This tune is also known as "Spanish Gypsy Dance"

[robindeorgelman]

the 2nd song is 633 Squadron March.