Knoebels Gebruder Bruder 107

This is a quick recording of the the Gebruder Bruder model 107 organ on the Grand Carousel at Knoebels Groves in Elysburg, PA. www.knoebels.com The organ was played from cardboard books until a massive flood in 1996 severly damaged the keyframe that read the books, and is now midi controlled. The first song is Stars and Stripes forever by John Philip Sousa, Not sure about the others if anyone happens to be able to id them.

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[121omePiet]

I hope this organ survived the floot...

[inn22]

@121omePiet Yes it did, but the midi system was under about 2 foot of water mud..

[inn22]

@GermanStreetOrgan I would like to see it return to playing it's original book format, but the park won't fork out that kind of money. I'm hoping that like many modern midi conversions it can play dual formats. If they would have ended up converting it to a Wurlitzer roll system that is the format I would have chosen, it's the most expressive and versatile of the common Wurlitzer roll formats.

[GermanStreetOrgan]

it should be converted to Wurlitzer 165 rolls.....

[GermanStreetOrgan]

The third song is on the tape

[inn22]

Sorry about the horrible spelling, but this stupid charater limit makes me skip letters to finish my point in one post.

[inn22]

@koasterkav Yes I work for at the park about 8yrs to exact and have going to park since I was a baby. To my knowlege this machine does not have bells, it was purchased from another park in the 40's along with the carousel. It may have had them at some point, but was in this state when it was purchased. Angler does mean well, but yes he does tend to spout info. The organ unfortunatly has gotten rather weak since it was overhauled in 1996. But hopefuly Dave Wynn will be able to adress problems.

[anglerfly]

calliola for the kiddie carousel when the 79 Bruder playing 150 rolls was repaired..

[anglerfly]

song 2: Blaze of Honor

[M38Ruth]

@anglerfly No. It's a Gebrueder Bruder Facade typical of that model organ.