Kermisorgel "The American Gavioli"

Gavioli kermisorgel in Veurne op 21 juni 2008.

Het orgel speelt:
0:00 Paris Express (arr. L. Blache)
3:27 Lovely Lady (arr. L. Blache)
4:54 Oh Donna Clara (arr. L. Blache)

Gavioli fair organ playing in the Belgian town of Veurne during an organ festival on 21 June 2008.

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Music

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• draaiorgel
• kermisorgel
• fair
• organ
• Gavioli

[anglerfly]

Where is this?

[mielabor]

@anglerfly The location is Veurne, a small town near the coast in Belgium.

[petermackett37]

0:00 Paris Express,

3:27 Lovely Lady.

4:54 O Donna Clara.

All arrangements by Louis Blache for Chiappa Ltd.

[mielabor]

Thanks for the info.

[mesmoland]

I am really enjoying you videos 5*

[mielabor]

I am pleased to hear that. Thank you.

[KawhackitaRag]

@anglerfly Interestingly, at the time of its purchase from the hoard, the organ had a duplex paper roll system added by the US branch of the Bacigalupo or Bacigalupi company, I believe. (perhaps this was Peter and/or Louis, who altered the family name from the original "Bacigalupo" spelling to "Bacigalupi", when they moved to the US). According to Mr. Brabant in the article, the duplex roll frame was still loaded with "pink" paper rolls. Where is this duplex roll frame and rolls today???

[KawhackitaRag]

@anglerfly In one of the earliest issues of the COAA magazine "Carousel Organ", there is a nice article about this organ written by its former owner, Herb Brabant of Kentucky, Mr. Brabant, I believe, bought it directly either from Mr. Heller, or from Bill Black and/or Jim Wells, who discovered and arranged the sale of the "Heller Hoard" with the cooperation of Mr. Heller.

[KawhackitaRag]

@anglerfly this organ originally played on PTC carousel #15 (Which still exists, and is currently offered for sale to serious, caring American buyers only, by Brass Ring Entertainment), circa 1910. Although I am not sure of its history in-between, sometime in the 1950s or 1960s(?) it was purchased by Erwin Heller, a band organ repairman living in Ohio, and along with about a dozen organs, was stored in a shed. When this organ collection was discovered and sold, it was called the "Heller Hoard".

[petermackett37]

@sensiblechap1 Andrew Whitehead who restored the organ with Brian Wells.

[petermackett37]

@sensiblechap1 These are recuts from original books from Chiappa Ltd.

[mortierfreak]

@anglerfly

it is called american because the owners bought it in the States,where it spent it's active career

this particular organ was dispatched overseas from Antwerp,Belgium

on the day of filming this I was kindly invited by the owners to handle the organ

had a great day

[Klaasklinkert]

Great orgen. Late, wooden clarinet pipes. I love all the tunes. Now that's Gavioli!

[anglerfly]

@mielabor why is it called american?