The 153 (I think) is actually an Artizan with a Style 153 facade that Don Stinson built years ago. The machine is the Herschell- Spillman at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI.
That's kind of what I suspected. It sure didn't sound like a 153 (The trombones threw me a little, though.) Last time I went to Greenfield Village (I have family in Dearborn) was before I really got into band organs, so I wasn't very familiar with that organ.
John Merchant- 08-30-2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUk872V4W0Y I don't know what the organ is but its playing W150 rolls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D1VEy8zD_4 Columbus Zoo with its Wurlitzer 153 special.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ZdJxP1Zok The Myrtle Beach Ruth in its new location
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaYf2kSnTzg Victory playing "Luna Park March"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GizZRDEryJI Draaiorgelmuseum Haarlem
Organs at St. Albans and Thursford:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFLuXcghDGo Decap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6bFo5MRGQk Large fair organ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH4fJWOmSQc fairground ride with organ on it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERkFE_oK4YI Mortier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncnwfe9WX8A Another large fair organ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZYOS94kfKs Wurlitzer theater organ at Music House Museum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqhLZT3Pn8I Player piano playing Flight of the Bumblebee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvzyBU0OJRc Knoebels' DeKleist/Wurlitzer 165
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1G0v1JCCIA Joyland Louie (Wurlitzer Mammoth)
Ben Jackson- 08-30-2007
Does the the Seabrezze park carousel still have its Wurlitzer in the center? I brought carousel breezes volume one that features the above organ off the iTunes store and put it on to CD.
John the Decap & large fair organ you has being at St Albans are at the Thursford Collection in Norfolk.
Ben :)
John Merchant- 08-30-2007
Does the the Seabrezze park carousel still have its Wurlitzer in the center? I brought carousel breezes volume one that features the above organ off the iTunes store and put it on to CD.
The Seabreeze Park carousel and Wurlitzer 165 burned down in 1994. In recent years the organ was on the outside of the carousel. They have since replaced it with a new/old carousel and a Verbeeck replica 165. I haven't seen any videos of Seabreeze, but there was one of the Ontario Beach carousel in the previous batch where you can hear their Stinson.
John the Decap & large fair organ you has being at St Albans are at the Thursford Collection in Norfolk.
Ben :)
Noted and changed.
Bruce R.Pier- 08-30-2007
First one (sounds like 150 rolls) That's the Golden Gate Park carousel in San Francisco. The organ is a Gebr.Bruder 107, that was recently converted to play 150 rolls. It is not used because the help complains that it is too loud (the building is glassed in all the way around). What your hearing is Eakins' recordings. Before it was converted to roll operation My business partner and I cut books for this organ (there is a story about that which I can't get into here).
Adam Ramet- 09-04-2007
A longish selection of bits from GDSF 2007 :
ex-Irvin's 89-key Marenghi with Anderton & Rowland's 98-key Marenghi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCpkKARmMhA
A few Gaviolis knocking around the place...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZN7xT-NwM0
After sunset:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irvUOXABtYQ
Enjoy!
Adam
Ben Jackson- 09-05-2007
Great videos Adam.
Ben :D
Adam Ramet- 09-05-2007
cheers Ben!
and....er.....here's that "When Organ's Turn Bad" clip....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gsXhSyViRY
oh the shame of it all!
Adam Ramet- 09-06-2007
...and a few more:
Nick Baker's "Carillon" Bursens, "Dawn of the Century" van Eyck, "Ruisdael" van Eyck, Roger Burville's Wilhelm Bruder roll-player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI6gB3Pdpag
Nick Williams- 09-06-2007
Carillon Street Organ Another great video Adam! That’s Judith Howard hand turning ‘Carillon’ in your opening clip too, the expert at organ pipe voicing in the UK.
Here is a video taken at the Sunday night organ party of myself playing ‘Carillon’ the traditional way, as filmed by Shane Seagrave…
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CfOsE36NqgsI’m pleased to say I didn’t see the electric motor being used on this organ at any point during the show, and this evening was no exception. There’s something very special about a hand turned organ like this, the small variations in speed adding to the overall characteristic of the music produced.
John Merchant- 09-12-2007
Kit Carson County's Carousel and Wurlitzer Monster organ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34OXeV_ZrqQ
Unfortunately "search" isn't working too well right now, it doesn't seem to be showing the most recent videos.
Trevor Johnson- 09-12-2007
Organ Video Clips from ‘YouTube’ website Hello all,
Following on from Tim's link for the Decap robot organ 'De Blauwe Engel' -here is another link to a clip of this amazing organ playing 'Jackson'.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MNGKq7TOvQo
As Tim mentioned this organ used to be part of the 'Ashorne Hall' collection before being purchased by the Krughoffs at auction.
I personally think that it looks a lot better now that it has been painted in traditional Decap colours and is sounding absolutely superb.
Best wishes,
Trevor.
