Fairground Organ plays The Can Can

A 50-keyless Fairground Organ (rebuilt by myself) playing 'The Can Can' at a local village show and car boot sale.

The instrument is still a working progress in so much as the façade I've been making isn't yet fitted and the refurbished display lorry is needing a respray, 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.

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Music

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• Fairground
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• Vintage
• Can
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• Mechanical
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• Band
• Steam
• Engine

[southernboy666]

I´m always waiting for something funny to happen when I hear this song! :-) :-)

[Bubbleflum]

Little kid cries for his mommy at 1:45

[SuperPowerStudios]

Nice fair organ!

[MegaFizzman]

You say "no silly comments please about the lack of tuning until (a) I've finished the project and (b) you've heard it in person!" I say "if it's that good on youtube then it must sound FLABBERGASTING in reel life!" (It's great already) And that is an understatement

[music22589]

@MrBooojangles I'm 15 and volunteer for an antique mechanical music museum because i love it! got more young people in my grade involved!

[dhutch2000]

Love it. - Particularly the bigging seeing the card feeding in and being able to watch as the holes come up and it all goes wild! Its a cracking tune, and what a way to hear it!

[dacatholicbandorgan]

You can find them on the internet, but this guy makes them himself.

[ThomasSchleifer]

what a wonderful instrument

[Queenmoreta]

what a wonderful organ!, i do wonder where the music sheets are obtained for these beauties!

[mariosupersluggers98]

I think it's perfect I don't notice any problem.