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Crank-organ for Waldkirch
By Robbie Rhodes

I sent a note to Wolfgang Brommer suggesting that his customer in Waldkirch might arrange a trade with Giovanni Zanin for the Wilhelm Bruder organ in Codoipo, Italy. Wolfgang replied:

> Dear Robbie,
>
> thank you for your information. Unfortunately our customer is
> looking for a small hand-crank-organ = barrel-organ. Mr. Zanin's
> is too big and too expensive.
>
> Maybe you could look again. Should you know an organ that could
> be sold, send us a message.
>
> Another question: we still need music for our little 20-key
> crank-organs. We have now also a perforator that can be controlled
> by midi-file. Do you have the interest and time to write fun-music
> for our organs? American songs?
>
> I am happy to hear from you again.
>
> Hearty greetings
> Wolfgang Brommer
> jaegerbrommer@t-online.de

What Bruder and Ruth hurdy-gurdys are here in the States? Perhaps an owner would like to trade for a different instrument from Europe.

About the music -- David Wasson and I have been arranging for big organs (75-key to 125-key); now I plan to try the 20-key format. What a change !

Robbie Rhodes


(Message sent Mon 17 Mar 1997, 05:59:18 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Crank-organ, Waldkirch

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