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There is a recording somewhere on yt of a similar organ playing "Via Eupen".

I spent many happy hours at the keyframe of this organ, i never did get through all the music!, had 14 cases and loads of seperate books, the scale of it is very versatile and it would play anything, both Brian and Boz Oram arranged a lot of music for it and there were arrangements from Hooghuys, Schollaert, Urbain van Wichelen and Arthur Prinsen, now in Belgium with the Rorive family and missed from the rally scene over here where it was local to me for many years, Boz would start in in the morning and just leave me with it all day so i could play what i liked, mind you, some of the music was better left in the cases, lol!

I've never the title of the last piece - it wasn't on the book itself. I've heard it on German organs.

First time i have noticed it says Electronique on the bass drum, i thought this was a complete pipe organ, doesn't sound like synthesized sounds are used.

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@khmam this is great!!

What happened to this organ?

Sure I've got a cassette of this organ.

An excellent LP indeed! Featuring arrangements by Albert Decap, (I think) Dick Gillet and of course some excellent work by Willy Van Wichelen (aka Willy Rockin).

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This was from the LP called 65 Key Wurlitzer, right? Now owned by Glenn Thomas of the US.

I would like to know the name of the tune's being played if that is okay with you.

I wish this was a video showing the full organ, plus watching the various instruments play.

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11 - Glaxonwals is actually a beautiful song called "L'amour est un bouquet de violettes"

The fact that some of the percussions are playing the wrong notes is a strange quirk of LiLi as the wood block plays the crash cymbal The crash cymbal plays the hi hat & the hi hat plays the wood block a most unique arrangement that many say gives LiLi her distinctive sound & makes her stand out from other 72 key Decap organs. How this came about is an unsolved mystery as no recordings exist of LiLi during her working life & one can assume she was built with this error which no one has noticed over the years as the general public who know nothing about organs would not even notice this strange quirk & so it has become a hallmark of the sound of LiLi & as far as is known she still has this unique quirk to this day! Some say to rectify it would ruin LiLis unique sound as it is an instant giveaway to the identity of the organ that some say should be left well alone as LiLi would not be LiLi without her strange quirk!

I volunteered at this museum in the mid '80's. Not long before he passed away, I've just discovered. Frank was a marvellous friendly eccentric man. I loved the hat he used to wear. My main memory of the Church was when I heard an interesting piano piece being played in the centre. I stopped what I was doing to hear it more clearly. There were several people flocked around a grand piano so I went to join them. Sitting at the piano was a little boy gallantly moving his fingers across the keys. I thought he was doing quite a good job of moving to the correct keys with the music. It was after all, a Duo Art Steinway Grand Player Piano. I then realised the young Lad was actually playing and not mimicking. A serious Beethoven piece if I recall. And played well! He was at the ripe old age of Six. I wonder where life led him? Maybe someone knows...

22:25 Radetzky march 25:30 Perlenfischer

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That tune,well known,is actually a Austrian Military March! And it wasn't the only one circuses used! Thank you for a bright and shiny video! Thank you 😇 😊!

12 is Soldatenblut Marsch 13 is Deutschmeister Regiments Marsch

This is a late organ built after World War Two by Rene van den Bosch who carried on running the Mortier firm until it's final closure in 1952.

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This is basically a regular Arburo under another name as the internal mechanisms are identical to the Arburo. So how did this come about? Who was Wilro De Mey & what connection did he have with Arthur Bursens?

Whose arranged that version of 12th Street Rag?

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Some spirited renditions here. I'm very fond of the distinctive Mortier sound.

What a great sound this organ has, I love the accordion too.

We need the rest of those videos

Whatever happened to Part 1 seeing as we have parts 2 & 3??

Never seen thoes organs before where are they now😊

Interesting that the Mortier at the start has bourdons and trumpets? Doesn't look right with the fair organ figures on it.

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Thank you for posting this video, a nice tribute to Stephen who had the foresight to take this footage of what was a very short lived venture. It was a good selection of instruments. The highlight for me has to be 101 key Mortier number 1075, with my favourite arrangement of Tulips from Amsterdam of all the scores out there (by Eugene Peersman) as well as the Arthur Prinsen party piece Entry of the Gladiators.😬

Thanks for sharing! Where is that Losche model J located? In which country? Is it in a private collection or a public museum or place?

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Thanks for sharing this! This is great! If you are not aware, there is a larger Gebruder Bruder "Elite Orchestra Apollo" organ at the House on the Rock Attraction in Spring Green, WI. That organ is 80 keyless and also has brass trumpets. It was butchered up by House on the Rock staff to be adapted for modified use for the World's Largest Carousel (as well as apparently a source for sampling for other HOTR concoctions) and then sent overseas to Germany to be rebuild back to it's traditional format. Today it is awaiting repairs as it has had issues with it's MIDI player and therefore has been virtually unused since it returned from Germany in 2006.

OMG! You got a recording of an Elite Apollo! The rarest Bruder there is, and the ancestor to the Wurlitzer 165!

Sadly again that cassettedeck wich is defective pitch variations in the sound is annoing Track nr 3 is: Kartner Lieder With some severe pitch variations Please throw away that cassettedeck and buy a good one from the internet

Prachtig instrument, waar speelt dat momenteel?

I was finally able to hear this great orchestrion and a few others playing this year.

This is gonna be a great listen, thank you!

Where is the organ located now?

Verbeeck Book organ

tiger Rag arrangements Tom Meijer

It sounds like a German barrel organ conversion with a Gasparini front so probably a small Bruder organ, probably plays from paper rolls, if the metal pipes on the front play they may be from a Gasparini as they often used metal violin pipes or they may just be a dummy set. 3. Deutschmeister Regiments Marsch.

10 is Lustige Bruder walzer (Vollstedt)

I personally think the wow and flutter of this organ adds to its character. I assume the W+F is actually from the organ itself assuming it has some registers that use electronic tone generators?