Fairground Organ plays "A Honolulu" (Rumba)

A 50-keyless Fairground Organ (rebuilt by myself) playing a Rhumba called "A Honolulu" on traditional perforated cardboard also made by me. This pneumatically controls 210 pipes and various percussion instruments to mechanically and fully automatically play.

The instrument is still a working progress in so much as I'm presently constructing a façade and am yet to paint the refurbished display lorry, plus there are a few tweaks to the pipework once the façade is fitted. So no silly comments please about the lack of façade or tuning until (a) I've finished the project and (b) you've heard it in person! The sound quality on YouTube simply can't give full justice to the wide dynamic range of a large mechanical organ.

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This organ uses the standard 48 Gavioli scale, i.e. 22/12/8, with a couple of extra registers I've been able to fit in and add the existing old music library accordingly. The 210 pipes are spread as follows...

Melody (22 notes): 2x Stopped Flute, 2x Violin*, 1x Trumpet**, also 20-note Glockenspiel***

Accompaniment (12 notes): Stopped Flute, Open Flute, Doppelflute*, Cello*, Trumpet**

Bass (8 notes): Stopped Flute, Octave Doppelflute Helpers, 2x Stopped Flute (celeste and octave apart to imitate cello)*, Bass Trombone**

* = String Register
** = Forte Register

The registers also perform percussion note changeovers to broaden the musical range of the organ.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Fair
• Organ
• Fairground
• Street
• Barrel
• Vintage
• Old
• Drehorgel
• Draaiorgel
• Mechanical
• Music
• Brass
• Band
• Steam
• Engine
• Honolulu

[lepapounet]

So nice Nick! And, congratulations for the great rebuilding of the organ.

I'd like to have a chance to make the same job!

Pierre Pénard ;o)

[warthouse]

Excellent. It must have been a real labour of love.

[Mclaren1O]

What make is this organ?

[oliveoliveu]

It sounds so beautiful. I especially like the sound of your woodwinds. Very "woody".

[Thorpe]

That is freaking awesome!

[joansmith07]

have you named this organ yet?

[GIO29]

Can someone tell me where I can find sound effects of these kind of organs? (pipe organs, bells, piccolo, all that stuff that belongs to the traditional fairground music) I'm searching forever, but can't find some organs to use it for my music that I make! I prefer to have 'single shots' of an organ, or any fairground instrument... Thank you very much!

[klesmiley]

Totally awesome!