Straatorgel Carl Frei street organ Utrecht STP Museum

The 'Dubbele Biphone', a 90-key Carl Frei street organ from the 1930s, playing here on test at Utrecht's Speelklok tot Pierement mechanical music museum. On this organ the music book is not being hand-turned through, but has a motor and belt driving the main wheel, a very common addition or conversion on such instruments.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• carl
• frei
• organ
• orgel
• straatorgel
• street
• dubbele
• biphone
• utrecht
• speelklok
• pierement
• museum

[petermackett37]

This organ has 78 keys,not 90.

[nickn5nl]

It does have 90 keys - it was originally a 72 key Koeningsberg dance hall organ and was rebuilt by Carl Frei into a street organ. :)

[petermackett37]

@nickn5nl This organ has 78 keys but uses a duplexing system allowing it to play to the 90 key scale.I have seen the organ in Utrecht and know this information is correct,i also have a C.D. confirming it.

[nickn5nl]

Ah right, so it has 78 physical keys but plays to 90 key, that makes sense, thanks for that info.

[johnnydraaiorgel11]

hoe heet dit boek?

[patrickverhooi]

blijft toch een geweldig orgel super

[121omePiet]

@nickn5nl Almost every 90/89 key Carl Frei organ has 11 keys not working :-( so the 90 key CF's are all 78....

[30Organroe]

You can always rely on a Carl Frei organ to produce a good sound. Great!!

[robindeorgelman]

Cinema Roal Mars.