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Organ Thefts in Europe
By Justin Senneff

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Hello all, it's me again (Justin) and I just wanted to tell you about
a few organ and piano thefts in Europe that might be related.  The
first theft I heard about was a showman in England whose name I do
not know.  However he runs the web site "De Angelena" and to which he
named after his 55-key Dutch street organ and mentioned a red colored
barrel piano (the whereabouts are unknown to me at this moment).

The second organ I heard that was stolen was a Dutch street organ
named "Winnie the Pooh" (there is a MMD archive in the picture gallery).
[See http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/pooh.html]

The third organ was a Bruder barrel organ that was returned and most
recently the 89-key Marenghi fair organ "Lady Hamilton" that can both
be seen at this web site http://www.draaiorgel.org/english/news.htm

So, to all the people (showman, constructors, collectors), keep your
organs safe.  That includes my home country (America), England, Canada
and all other countries with mechanical music.  I apologize to anyone
that was offended and didn't want their identity revealed.

Justin Senneff


(Message sent Fri 13 Jul 2007, 03:38:12 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Europe, Organ, Thefts

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