Photos from Waldkirch
I have a large number of photos taken at last weekend's Waldkirch Organ Festival - sorry for the lengthy download times. Wilhelm Bruder 67-kl, Rent de Voer Ruth 36b, M.W. Verdonk Altobella Furiosa, Elztalmuseum Weber orchestrion, Elztalmuseum The ex-Duncan Price 89-kl Gavioli, not quite ready for its grand opening. 68-key Limonaire, D Hinzen.

More photos... Gebr. Bruder, R Weber Ruth 38, Bram Vader Schlettstadtallee scene Wilhelm Bruder 48-kl, A Leach, with my girls in front. This organ was badly damaged by the excessive heat 3 years ago, and has been painstakingly restored by Andrew. Gebr. Bruder 52-kl, Fam. Fuchs

More photos... Ruth 33, Fam. Senn carousel Achim Schneider, orgelbauer. Maker of miniature instruments. Lange Straße scene Lange Straße scene Wilhelm Bruder 48-kl, J E Klug

More photos... Lange Straße scene Ruth 33, F Gigengack Ruth 66-key barrel organ, Waldkircher Orgelstiftung. What a grand noise this one made! Marktplatz scene Jäger und Brommer 31-kl, Kurt Prepens Carl Frei 125-kl

More photos... Jäger und Brommer Orgelbau Spinnler disc player, W und L Schmalz Lange Straße scene Chilean street band Organo Caribe, performing outside the museum Scene opposite museum.

Hey John, Looks like you had a whale of a time there. The piccie's are great and I notice Ellie is quite the young lady now, no offence Ellie it's just that I remember you when you were very young. Ooh, I really envy you all just wish I were in a position to go as well, so thanks for sharing the pics John it's the nearest I'll get to being there. With friendly greetings, Ian :org:

Great Pictures John !! I really wanted to go this year, but it didn't fit the schedule with work etc... Oh well - hopefully in four years time !! Stephen

Thanks for the compliment, Stephen, but you'd miss it then, too. The festival is every three years, not four :-) John

Oops !! :-) Thanks for the clarification !! SGB

Waldkirch - Ruth Barrel Organ
Hi John I have just posted a short video of the Ruth Barrel Organ on Youtube. The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_kHv-n7Jg4 Norman

Hi folks, This is a video I've found on youtube of Altobella Furiosa at Waldkirch Organ festival this year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIJCbdPrcNY&feature=related . It is the organ playing its la-*test*-('") book - Blues Brothers. This is the organ that my elder daughter fell for at the festival 6 years ago when she was nearly 6. She loved it again 3 years ago and this time once again it got her vote. We went into the museum several times during the 3 days, and on the Sunday she had gone back in on her own and I went to find her, only to discover that the organ was playing Blues Brothers again (I believe arranged by a young local arranger) and she was standing in front of it mesmerized. My younger daughter loved the moving dog on the top of the organ, but thought it was too loud in the museum. She much preferred the smaller organs, in fact she completely fell for Organo Caribe (see one of John's photos) and we bought the CD which has been played several times in my car on the way to her nursery this week since returning home! See their site at http://www.organo-caribe.de/ (unfortunately no video on youtube and we didn't video them). But I'm sure you'll think their site entry page is fun! Once again, the festival was brilliant, we all enjoyed ourselves (meeting various people we know again, the food, the organs, the scenery, our guest house, the play-parks dotted across the city - very important when you have children). The long journey to and from the festival was bearable too. I'm sure Eleanor doesn't mind being called quite the young lady (I'll tell her Ian), she is in secondary school now and extremely musical (a talented violinist). She is badgering her father to finish building that hand turned organ we've got sitting in our hallway!!! I think Waldkirch has given us all renewed inspiration. Anna :)

Someone has uploaded Organo Caribe playing at Waldkirch onto Youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JiCAlDVt2Pk Anna

waldkirch video
Hi Anna, finally I am back on i-mod, thanks for your kind help! Besides the video you mentioned above I now upoladed three more: Organito Chileno http://youtube.com/watch?v=ai2tlHgNxEA Altobella Furiosa side B http://youtube.com/watch?v=lveYJoIPJS4 Organette Blues http://youtube.com/watch?v=WGLWTOzqZ_I I hope you all will like them Ciao Aldo www.musicaldo.com

Hi Aldo, Yes I spotted them almost as soon as you uploaded them. Thanks very much. I've also been exploring those Italian website links you sent - very interesting. Best wishes Anna

anymore photos or videos/recordings of the 68 Keyless ruth?