Aeolian style D Orchestrelle--Under the Double Eagle

This Aeolian style D Orchestrelle was first sold in the spring of 1900. The 58-note player instrument is, in reality, a player reed organ. It is not of the class of the higher quality, and much larger, Solo Orchestrelle units which used pressure on the reeds rather than vacuum as in this style D. The copyright on the roll is 1897.

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• Aeolian
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[er10b]

I noticed on this video you keep pulling and pushing the stops under the keyboard.

Do any of those stops control anything related to the organ (swell shutters,tempo,play/reroll) or are they just for controlling where the air goes?

[Yaledmot]

@er10b The Swell shutters are controlled via a knee paddle under the keyboard on the right side. The knee paddle on the left side is roughly equivalent to a Crescendo Pedal and adds stops. The two black knobs in the center control forward/rewind and tempo. The others are stop voices opened and closed in several sets of vacuum operated reeds. The larger Aeolian, true Orchestrelles, use pressure and have a nicer sound. They also tend to be much larger in size.

[er10b]

@Yaledmot Thanks for the heads up. I initially thought that the shutters were operated by the roll itself.

Also with the tempo knob, the more you pull it out the faster the music plays or is it the opposite?

[Yaledmot]

@er10b The further the Tempo knob is pulled out the faster the roll travels.

[er10b]

is this vacuum operated or is it pressure operated?

[Yaledmot]

@er10b Vacuum. It is not one of the better Vocalion style ORchestrelles. This is essentially a player reed organ.

[Hairbanger24]

@er10b Under The Double Eagle Was The Most Common Tune on sidewalk merry go rounds,what at the time cost twenty five cents for my children to ride every time we went shopping. I dont know who had the most enjoyment , Them or me!

[er10b]

@Hairbanger24 meaning that you had to tow a large sack of 25c pieces to the merry go round everytime you wanted to hear it?

[GutpileCharlie]

Hey, nice organ. I am a keyboard player and always enjoy things like this. I am a docent in a historic home that has a Weber 1908 player piano and I play it in public at least every Christmas.