small organ at fairground

[anglerfly]

verbeeck

[anglerfly]

its known as a band organ if its small..

[BeerMoneyLive]

i must have one

[petermackett37]

Caravan.

[ceredigio]

@petermackett37 Is this a Jimmy Verbeeck arrangement? I have only seen one other 37 Verbeeck in the UK (I think it was one anyway!), it was in the centre of a juvenile ride in Gloucestershire but i don't know where it lives. The organ here (John Morley's of course!) was believed to have been built in 1920, but it was in fact built in 1937.

[petermackett37]

@ceredigio Arranged by Louis Blache,there are at least 4 organs of this size in this country,Stephen Postlethwaite has one and showman Jimmy Hatwell did have two including one with an accordion fitted,all of these are used in juvenile rides.

[ceredigio]

@petermackett37 I thought Johnny Hatwell had a 30 keyless Dean in his juvenile gallopers?

[petermackett37]

@ceredigio Not as far as i know but it's possible,he had one of the Verbeecks in a toyset.

[ceredigio]

@petermackett37 I wonder if that's the one I saw in Gloucestershire some years ago? I cannot be sure.

[dalekbitch]

tihs organ stands in the front of some arcade machines from victorian times

[musicmachinesuk]

This organ is 37 key Verbeeck built by Jimmy Verbeeck in London, there isn't many British built Verbeeck's in the UK.

Ben :-)

[BaltoJoey]

Yes, it hits some sour notes. Those wooden pipes need constant attention to stay in proper pitch!

PS: Keep posting, I like your stuff. :)

[slovakmath]

@BaltoJoey how do you repair these pipes to play the right pitch?

[BaltoJoey]

@slovakmath Sorry, I'm not a repairman. LOL

[slovakmath]

@BaltoJoey just a general principle is all i wanted. i assumed by your first post you had some idea since you did state they were very difficult to maintain...