Inventory of Fair Organs
By Robbie Rhodes
Earlier I proposed "Inventory of Mechanical Organs", but I like better "Fair Organs". Thanks to Philip Jamison for the information that the Fair Organ Preservation Society (FOPS) is already attempting an inventory. I presume that it hopes to encompass all the large organs down to some smaller size organs where the task becomes unwieldy. Thus all these different names might be inventoried:
Fair Organ
Military Band Organ (Wurlitzer, DeKleist, ...)
Kirmesorgel ("Fair Organ")
Jahrmarktorgel ("Annual-Fair Organ")
Straatorgel ("Street Organ" of the Netherlands)
I don't know if FOPS includes the mechanical concert organs and dance hall organs in their list.
What information should be gathered and preserved? Surely, if available, the date the organ was shipped to the first customer, the customers name, the name and location of the business, and so on. Often the organ was modified later in its life, and perhaps converted from book music to roll music, with accompanying alteration of the pipe ranks. What is the FOPS inventory list like?
Robbie Rhodes |
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