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Imhof & Mukle Orchestrion at Blackpool Tower
By Hans van Oost

A 30 cm [12"] vinyl record of this orchestrion was issued in the UK
by the Decca company, number ECS 2079, in 1969.  I read on the sleeve:

  "This orchestrion organ was constructed in 1879 by Imhof & Mukle
  in Voehrenbach, Germany.  It is numbered #2527 and it was purchased
  for GBP 3,000 for the Blackpool Aquarium.  It was moved to the tower
  buildings after they were erected in 1894.  Afterwards it was moved
  several times until it was moved to the Birmingham museum around
  1965.  The recordings had to be made between midnight and 5 a.m.
  because of major reconstruction works in the city, involving
  pneumatic drills and heavy lorries!"

Hans van Oost, Netherlands


(Message sent Tue 11 Apr 2006, 10:14:51 GMT, from time zone GMT+0200.)

Key Words in Subject:  Blackpool, Imhof, Mukle, Orchestrion, Tower

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