Hi,

Here I am needing your help, AGAIN.  We recently purchased a
"Gavioliphone Residential Pipe Organ" from Europe.    It measures
about 10 feet high, 7 feet wide and five feet deep.  It was made by
the Gavioli & Cie Company around or just before the turn of the
century.  It contains several hundred pipes and no percussion.  It
uses its 101-keys of book music to produce very expressive classical
music.  There is a "pull-down" keyboard with stop selections so the
instrument can be played manually.  There are 21 books of 101-key
classical music available with 20 more books to be prepared.

Before you "race" to your reference books, let me give you the results
of my searches.  There was no information in any book in my library and
those of others, on this instrument.  The only thing I found was that
Gavioli & Cie did call many of their instruments a "Gavioliphone" but
there was no mention of this piece.  We have no idea when, why, how,
how many, or where this instrument was produced.

The piece will undergo a full inspection and restoration , as needed,
in Canada in the shops of Ronald Schmuck.  It reportedly was 90%
restored when the restorer died but you know how that goes, eh?

PLEASE, I need to know if, as we say down in South Carolina, "I bought
a pig in a poke" (paper bag for those who don't speak Southern).  If
this instrument is what it might be, it is a wonderful addition to our
inventory.  If not, we will be terribly disappointed.

ANY information you might have in your library, etc. would be greatly
appreciated so we can reconstruct the history of the Gavioliphone
Residential Pipe Organ.

Many thanks in advance,

Rick and Betty Cooley
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