'De Hagenaar' 90 Key Dutch Carl Frei draaiorgel plays 'Death or Glory'

Played here on 'De Hagenaar' is the popular brass band and marching piece of music called 'Death or Glory' (although the book states 'Glory of the Day') - composed by Robert Browne Hall in 1895 and dedicated to the Tenth Regiment Band in Albany, New York.

The well-known Carl Frei Dutch street organ 'De Hagenaar' started life as a smaller size organ built by De Vreese of Antwerp, Belgium in the 1920s. It was rebuilt in 1936 by Carl Frei of Breda to the 90 Key size, using some of his latest creations such as Biphone on Melody and Counter Melody. The organ's name means 'from the Hague'.
In more recent years this organ was sold to Germany, then on to Canada and the USA, and finally, for now, the UK. Unfortunately all of its changes of ownership now mean that there is a very high price associated with this instrument, added to which the organ's pneumatic and mechanical system badly needs a large amount of money and time spent on it.

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[ceredigio]

Who arranged this?

[nickn5nl]

@ceredigio I'm afraid I don't know, the book just had the previous (well, several previous) Dutch owners name on it. It's a very well done arrangement and not a tune I've heard before played on a mechanical organ, though very often by silver/brass bands.

[5breem]

It's still a fantastic organ. The march is a Carl Frei arrangement, i heard it before on the Cementmolen and the Rosita.

[121omePiet]

@ceredigio Yes it is Carl Frei, Mister Boomsma only made copy's from Carl Frei and Piet Maas books. he was not capable of making arrangements of himself.

[theorganguy]

There is the potential, that any given book on "De Hagenaar" was arranged by at least one of its previous owners: Piet Boomsma, Ruinerwold

While not much being said about him in the history of "De Hagenaar", he is a very important previous owner, as he toured with the instrument, appeared on TV several times with it, did all his own maintenance on the instrument and - yes - made various books for the organ, too.

[ceredigio]

@nickn5nl Maybe it was Carl Frei himself!