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Newspaper Adverts Inside a 1901 Limonaire Pump
By Ben Gottfried

Hi Everyone,  I am working on a Limonaire 41-key organ from about
1901.  Well, some joker at the factory decided it would be funny
to line the inside of the pump feeders with newspaper advertisements
from the competition!

Here in the attachments you will see advertisements from both Gavioli
and Gasparini.  It would be hard to imagine that it was not intentional
and the guy thought, hey, some guy who is rebuilding this pump will
get a chuckle out of my prank in the future.

He probably would not have guessed that it would take 117 years for
his humor to be appreciated, much less sent around the world via the
Internet.

Enjoy,

Ben Gottfried - Ben's Player Piano Service
Richfield Springs, New York
http://www.bensplayerservice.com/ 

 [   Gavioli ad inside Limonaire organ pump
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/18/03/25/180325_111830_IMG_2136.JPG 
 [   Gasparini ad inside Limonaire organ pump
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/18/03/25/180325_111830_IMG_2137.JPG 


(Message sent Sun 25 Mar 2018, 18:18:30 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  1901, Adverts, Inside, Limonaire, Newspaper, Pump

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