Stinson 165 Band Organ

"More Than Anything In The World" (Ruth Lowe), "I Can Dream, Can't I" (Sammy Fain) and "Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In)" (Weiss & Baum) played by a privately owned Stinson 165 band organ in Ohio. This is the same organ I posted playing unknown Wurlitzer 165 tunes #2 and #3.

The first tune here is from roll 6688-6690, and the other two are from roll 6698-6699. These tunes are from a cassette that the organ's owners sold (as are the two unknown tunes).

This is a "furniture front" Stinson organ built in 1983. These early "piano forte" organs may not be as refined as newer Stinson organs, but they do have their fans, and I am one of them! I wish I had been at the huge 1985 Mid-Am band organ rally, where several Stinsons like this one were playing (but I was only three years old at the time!).

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[JimfromOH]

I have had an identical early Stinson organ, only with additional bass pipes, for 20+ years. It was always identified as a Stinson 165, even tho one tracker plays 165 rolls and the other plays the Stinson rolls.

[darvozz]

@JimfromOH Stinson fans, myself included, would love to see a video of yours! Was your organ modified to play the Stinson rolls on one side, or was that original? This is the type of organ I want to own someday.

[StinsonOrganGroupie]

I just get so excited when I hear a Stinson organ like this one. I could listen to it for hours and hours.

[darvozz]

@StinsonOrganGroupie I could too! :)

[anglerfly]

How did u get this footage if its a private collection?

[darvozz]

@anglerfly These are just photos with an audio track. The owners sold cassettes of the organ at rallies.

[JimfromOH]

darvozz--I really wish I had pulled the Stinson trailer out of the building this summer but it is blocked in by a 1931 Riddle road grader, an M-818 6x6 tractor and the Decap trailer. I cant even open the trailer doors to get inside. Hopefully a big re-arrangement in that building is coming before Winter. You can catch a glimpse of it on MMDs "Calliope" page, as there is a Kozatt calliope in the trailer also. It was original with the 165 and Stinson tracker bars. It is a great sounding organ !!

[koasterkav]

Sounds just like the Griffith Park Stinson 165, or what model number Don calls them now. I'm told Don doesn't like clarinet pipes in his organs. That's what ticks off Wurlitzer purists about his band organs.

[TheProudAmerican777]

If I'm not mistaken ,the figure is based off a figure from a Verbeek organ that I saw on Nick Williams's home page.

[darvozz]

@anglerfly Actually this is the same size organ as the Griffith Park Stinson. This is an early organ with no model number. With the 157-style facade, it became the Model 87 (Griffith Park). The even bigger ones like the Missoula organ and Larry Kern's are the model 187, later renamed the Model 2000M.