Organ Update 11
UPDATE Compiled by Boz Oram
boz@historyinharmony.com
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Contents
Some instruments at the Waldkirch Tri Annual Festival
Painting
From Susan Robinson
Website Help
Rocking Horses
Venues for 2005
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Waldkirch/D. - vrijdag 17 t/m zondag 19 juni
(Friday 17th to Sunday 19th June) From Jan L.M. van Dinteren, Holland, he fills me in on a few of the organs to be at the Waldkirch Festival this year (June). For those who don’t know, the Waldkirch Organ Festival host this event every three years and it is the venue for some 100 instruments – all of excellent quality ranging from the smallest right up to the largest. It is almost being updated as every day goes by, so maybe a more accurate one nearer the time.
Alfred Bruder (1928) - Helmut Hummel, Waldkirch/D
WBS, model 77 (1926) - René Weiss, Sarmensdorf/CH
WBS, model 78 (1912) -Fritz Brunner, Embrach/CH
WBS, model 79 uit 1926 (unsure) - Andrew Leach, Wisborough Green/GB
Ruth-33 in roundabout - Hansrudi Senn, Basel/CH
Ruth-35 (1902) -Ludwig Blome, Petershagen/D
Gebr. Bruder-107 (1922) - Gerhard Weiss, Bassersdorf/CH
Ruth 35/36 of 37 - Frans van Reeken, Beek/NL
Ruth 35 (or other organ) - Friedrich Müller, Winterthur/CH
Ruth 36 (1906) - Martin Verdonk, Nieuwegein/NL
Ruth (model nog onbekend) (unsure) - Fam. Hinzen, Roermond/NL
Ruth 37/neu - Frans Dauphin, Halle/D
Ruth 38 (1907) - Ruud Vader, Kolhorn/NL
Gavioli 89VB (1900) - Brian Wells, Banbury/GB
Gavioli 89 (De Grote Gavioli)(1906) -Nigel Myers, Rufforth/GB
Inlichtingen:info@elztalmuseum.de ; tel. 0049 7681 478 530.
Many thanks to Jan L.M. van Dinteren for the information update. Note that instruments from the UK, Holland, Switzerland and Germany are listed – a truly international selection of music. We look forward to a greater update nearer the time.
For further details on how to get there and accommodation available www.historyinharmony.com
From Derek Legg UK
Hi Boz,
Many thanks for update 10. Loved the item on painting but how would you cope with hundreds of pop rivet heads on a truck body? It's not possible to get around them with conventional methods. Our trailer needs repainting and it has always dawned on me what a problem it would be to get around those heads. Please don't suggest grinding them off.
Has anyone got any better ideas about those pop rivets? Certainly when I have done similar, I have used a paint pad with a bit less paint and the result was fine, but your comments are very welcome.
Also from Derek
According to the local TV, the Gray Gavioli survived intact in Wells next the Sea in Norfolk from the fire that took place.
From Susan Robinson in the USA
Boz,
Just a note to let you know how much I enjoy your Updates. Please keep them coming!
Last September I was pleased to be able to attend the Great Dorset Steam Fair with my family. It was our first visit and it was simply wonderful! Hats off to the organizers and all who brought organs to share. What a thrill it was! In Update #10 you mentioned trains. Well, our business is all about trains. Feel free to take a look at our web sites below. I also wanted to let your readers know that we have a free brochure available titled: Want To Learn More about Riding Railways? We will send it free to anyone, in any country. All you have to do is ask. Others can find answers to their live steam and diesels questions by visiting our web sites.
Again, thanks for the updates. We're looking forward to the next one.(*)
Warm Regards,
Susan Robinson
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From Boz Oram
Just as another update goes out, I am receiving questions from different people who ask where a particular museum, venue or maybe something like a steamship is located. Well I have to admit, I just don’t know the answer and there doesn’t seem to be a central directory either. I would like to be the Old Sage but until someone points me in the right direction, I am at a loss. Yes plenty of different websites, but I’m not on Broadband and I can’t afford the time to go through everything - your ideas on what to do and where to go please. (Nice answers please!)
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From David Toyne in Australia
Something that you might be able to help me with. I have a friend out here looking for a carousel horse, wooden original type pattern, but not necessarily an “original” if you take my meaning. She is looking to make a very sexy (and very large) rocking horse. Any ideas on where I might find one or someone who has one they want to dispose of?
Thanks, David
I’ve suggested that David uses a fibreglass horse and fills it with expanding foam to give it the feel of being solid, but without the weight of a wooden horse. One thought though is that most Carousel (Merry-go –Round) horses are normally with their heads facing towards the outside of the intended machine and therefore the head will not be in line with the rest of the body.
David Toyne’s phone and email below if you can help:
Ph. +61-414-555899 david.toyne@bigpond.com
Most recent Update of Venues Overseas to the UK (with a couple thrown in from the UK)
Saturday 5th March Road Roller Association AGM. All members have been notified with the weekend’s events being centred around the Ipswich area. Further details tours@historyinharmony.com (UK)
Saturday 5th March Netherlands KDV 51st AGM info at secr@draaiorgel.org (NL)
Sunday 6th March Netherlands Breugel Genoveastraat 24 10.00 – 18.00hrs rbabv@hetnet.nl (NL)
Saturday 12th of March MOOS AGM Saturday at North Newington Social Club, near Banbury. (UK)
Sunday 13th March Teddy Reed Open Day Amersham, Plantation Road, Buckinghamshire (UK)
Palm Sunday Sunday 20th March UK Thursford Collection nr Fakenham Norfolk 10.00 – 16.30 Founders Day Info Austin Burgess (UK)
Sunday 20th March Bingen am Rhein Germany. Collectors/Meeting (D)
Saturday 2nd April Jaarvegadering Stoomwalsenclub North Holland (NL)
Saturday 2ND April FOPS AGM. The AGM is on the 2/3rd April and is at the Bass Museum on Saturday with evening’s entertainment in Derby at the Midland Hotel and the next day (Sunday) is at Crich Tramway Museum. (UK)
Sunday 17th April. Teddy Reeds Open Day Amersham – Plantation Road (UK)
Saturday 30th April – 1st May Bochum Duitsland Steam Festival Ruhrgebeit Zeche Hannover-Bochum (NL)
Sunday 1 May – 4th Melle Duitsland. Automuseum plus steam engines (NL)
Thursday 5th – 8th May The Almere Steam Festival. (NL)
Saturday 7th – 8th May Mildenberg Duitsland Festival (NL)
7th and 8th of May Pinkney’s Green No ideas as to what guest equipment is going yet. (Just to point out that Pinkney's Green near Maidenhead is a real Old Tyme Fairground with mechanical organs, steam engines and the atmosphere of a Victorian Fair - no modern rides, except for the bumper cars from the early 60's: (UK)
Anyone going to Pinkney’s Green on the Sunday may also like to double up and stop in at the 2nd Barrel Organ Day at Teddy Reed's on the 8th. Plans are progressing well, and for those who attended last year's inaugural event, it is hoped to have the old favourites back along with some fresh instruments. (UK)
21st 22nd May Lecco Italy Altrenote Music Festival (Mechanical Music) (I)
Also, although the dates haven't been officially announced yet, the Haarlem organ festival should be on Monday the 16th of May next year, and Arnhem the 29th of May. (NL)
Sunday June 5th Twyford Waterworks Trust, near Winchester, Hampshire. Southern Counties Organ Festival at the Waterworks Museum. A very interesting place in the wilds of the beautiful Hampshire countryside. (UK)
15/23rd June Tour to Germany/Switzerland/France via History in Harmony – further details from www.historyinharmony.com (D,CH,F)
17/19th June Stadt Waldkirch Orgel Fest. Elztalmuseum Kirchplatz 14, D-79183 Waldkirch Germany (D)
17/20th June Waldkirch Organ Festival Short Tour tours@historyinharmony.com Mechanical Music (D)
Saturday 18th June Steam Road Run In Drachtstercompagnie, Friesland (NL)
22nd to 24th July Pontrieux Côtes d’ Armor Mechanical Music(tel 02 96 95 36 22) (F)
5th – 7th August Plombiers les Bains Mechanical Music (F)
6th – 7th August Les Musicales des Royans en Vercors at Saint Jean en Royans Mechanical Music (F)
Friday 12th –14th August The Hellevoetsluis Vestingdagen Steam Festival. Steam (NL)
26th – 28th August Chassiers Ardéche. Comité d’ Animation de Chassiers. Mechanical Music (F)
31 August – 4th September Great Dorset Steam Fair, Tarrant Hinton, Blandford. Largest Steam and everything show in UK www.steam-fair.co.uk (UK)
3rd – 4th September Oingt Rhône Les Amis du Vieux Village d’Oingt (F)
9th - 11th September Asso de Musique Mécanique Italienne info@ammi-italia.com (I)
17th 18th September Avranches – Manche Comite des Fêtes des 3 Quartiers (F)
Saturday 24th – 25th September Flaijelfeesten Oude-Nieuwe Horne Friesland Steam (NL)
24/29 August Guildford MBSI/MBSIGB UK convention. (UK)
Dates can be liable to be changed at the last moment so please check before venturing out into the big wide world of these festivals and meetings! That’s it so far – anyone got any further information, then please pass it on. Many thanks to all who helped in putting this event list together including KDV NL, AAIMM F Stoomwalsenclub NL FOPS UK MOOS UK. Many UK magazines have a regular listing of shows in the UK with three that come to mind being Old Glory, Vintage Spirit and the World’s Fair cover the UK. All you need to do is go onto their websites and they’ll do the rest www.worldsfair.co.uk or www.oldglory.co.uk or www.vintagespirit.co.uk as they’ll be far more accurate than I’ll ever be!
Any further dates, then please let me know. I have nothing for the US or Canada yet so those of us who wish to spend out holiday don’t know where to go!
The World is Open
Any websites, email addresses, that help in any way for contacting other likeminded groups. For some reason, there is not a central library that gives this information so it is with a bit of trepidation that I start with this particular group of websites. They cover much of the world, however maybe you can help me here and send me other places. As you know, when using a website, there is normally an email and postal address within the site. If you come across, or have any special favourites, then pass them on to me and I'll do the rest. As a point of interest, some websites are out of date and many don't work.
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