Diss Organ Festival, 2017

Programme Sunday 14 May, 2017

Mary & Simon Gee Westhorpe, Suffolk

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www.moos.org.uk www.dissorganfestival.co.uk

Long before the invention of radio, television and the internet, many mechanical devises existed for producing live music without the need for musicians.

These instruments thrilled the audience in the home, on the streets and in cafes and theatres.

The Diss Organ Festival aims to bring back to life, the sounds, nostalgia and the atmosphere of mechanical music entertainment with instruments from many countries including “de Pijpenburger” a Dutch Street Organ on the Market Place presented

by Fabian Krul and family who have made a special visit from Leiden, Holland. In Holland these instruments remain an important part of Dutch national culture and regularly play in the main streets of the larger towns.

From Rufforth, near York, we welcome Nigel Myers and family with the “Grote Gavioli”, one of the best Fairground/Concert organs of 1906 made by Gavioli & Cie in their Waldkirch factory. The organ was last enjoyed in East Anglia over 21 years ago when in the ownership of the Late Arthur B. Mason, garage owner of Burnham Market.

The instruments play amazing arrangements from Mozart to Bon Jovi. Please talk to the organ operators who will be pleased to play your special requests!

If you would like to hand turn a Dutch Street Organ go to the Mere’s Mouth to James Dundon and “Het Blauwtje” and have a go!!

Have a Musical and Fun Day!!!

Alan Smith & Jonny Ling

From all over the U.K. and H ol lan d

Organs attending the

1. Eric, Margaret & Karen Dilks Leics.

68 note organ “Topsy”

2. John Farmer Worcestershire

26 note Stuber keyless street organ

3. Nicholas Simons Derbyshire

26 key Bacigalupo, Berlin, Barrel Organ

4. Robert & Sylvia Ducat-Brown Herts

26 note home built John Smith street organ

5. Alison Biden

27 key Bruder street organ

Hampshire

6.Terry and Margaret Pankhurst Herts

80 pipe home built organ “Topsey”

7. Dave and Joan Wright Somerset

42 note Meayers & Co. street organ, 2016

8. Dennis Baumber Norfolk

64 keyless street organ “Los Tubos”

9. Dennis Baumber

26 note self built pipe organ

10. John C.Webb

Norfolk Oxfordshire

11. Trevor & Linda Brown

Cambs

31 Keyless Raffin Koncert organ 25 note Pell street organ

12. Colin Roe Norfolk

30 keyless Pell street organ

12a. Diss Museum / Grange Collection

14 key Collard & Co chamber organ c.1822

14. Fabian Krul

90 key Dutch street organ “De Pijpenburger”

Leiden, Holland

15. Mark Malpass

Cheshire

36 Key Verbeeck

16. Jeremy & Lynn Brice Bucks

31 keyless Alan Pell street organ,1991

17. Ray Keeble

20 note Hofbauer street organ

Suffolk

18. James Dundon

Cornwall

52 key street organ “Het Blauwtje” - Come along and hand turn a Dutch Street Organ

19. Peter Newbury 20. Norman Last

Devon Suffolk

52 key Jan Van Eijk street organ “ Bokke Ryder” 48 key H. Gossling Dutch street organ

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21. Alan Smith

Suffolk

65 key Dutch street organ “de Vondeling”

22. Alan Smith

Suffolk

72 key Piere Verbeeck street organ “de Jonker”

23. Andrew Smith

Herts

24. Derek and Pauline Legg 25. Jonathan Ling

20 note John Smith busker organ Essex

Suffolk

30 keyless Dean street organ “Bella”, 1981 70 key Carl Frei street organ

26. N & B Myers & Sons Yorkshire

89 key Gavioli G4 Scale “De Grote Gavioli”

27. John & Martin Loades Suffolk

65 keyless Ling street organ Famous model Fairground by the late Fred Loades, Ipswich, last travelled,1983

28. James Reid

Sth Yorkshire

65 key Gavioli street organ. Fair Organ Preservation Society stand

29. Dr Andrew & Annabel Leach Sussex

48 keyless model 79 Wilhelm Bruder Sohne

30. Robert Clarke

Essex

84 key Gavioli Fairground organ c.1910

31. Brian Hunt

Sussex

52 keyless Alfred Bruder organ

32. Geoff Powell

Norfolk

84 key Mortier dance band organ, “De Clef ”

33. Keith & Antoinette Pinner Norfolk

68 key DeCap dance organ “Lucy”

34. Nick and Barbara Seymour

69 key Bursens street organ

35. John Giles

Kent

Essex

52 key Van den Broek street organ “de Woerd”

36. Ted Bowman

Bedfordshire

25 note Pell street organ

37. Jacques Azulay

Bedfordshire

31 note Pell street organ

38. John Pettifer 39. Calvin Battersby

65 note “Christina” Bucks

32 note self built street organ

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Programme 10.00am – 5.00pm Organ Trail All Day Vintage tractors and vehicles on the Park All day St. Marys Church Organ Recital, light and cheerful music, organist David Ivory 3.00pm Diss Corn Hall Display of Musical Boxes and Mechanical Music All Day Diss Corn Hall Buster Keaton Silent Movie with dramatic Theatre Organ Accompaniment presented by the Theatre Organ Club 4.30pm Diss Museum/Diss Corn Hall Display of the Diss Heritage of Mechanical Music All day

Organ Information 18. “Het Blauwtje” 52 Key Dutch Street Organ.

Entertaining on the streets of Holland since the 1920’s, when it was built as a ’49 Key Marenghi Organ’.

In the 1930’s, as fashions and tastes changed, the instrument was rebuilt to the ’52 Key’ scale which it plays on today. The distinctive Marenghi carvings were retained and last redecorated in the 1980’s, hence the colourful scheme. It attends Diss, straight from the workshops of Dr. Burville Organ Builders Kent, where new cello accompaniment has been added.

Presented by James Dundon, Cornwall.

19. “Bokke Ryder” 51 Key Van Eyjk Dutch Street Organ. “Bokke Ryder” translates as “The Goat Riders”, which was a Dutch legend based on men in league with the devil, able to fly on the goats to rob and pillage! Built in 1994 for a Dutchman who had it inside his home it is now owned by Marlene Sixsmith of County Carlow, Ireland.

Presented by Peter Newbury, Devon.

20. “De Twee Musketiers” (The Two Musketeers) a 48 key Dutch street organ, built by Gossling in Hilversum, Holland, playing on the standard 52 key Limonaire scale. Worked on the streets of Amsterdam and Utrecht.

Presented by Norman Last, Suffolk.

21. “ De Vondeling” 65 key Dutch Street Organ. Based on Gasparini and Limonaire organs from c.1910. Sold

by Henk Roos, Rotterdam to an American General after the Second World War. Travelled, in various ownerships across America for 50 years. Brought to England in 2005 and rebuilt by Jonny Ling & Alan Smith.

Presented by Alan Smith, Hoxne, Suffolk.

22. “De Jonker” 72 key Dutch Street Organ by Piere Verbeeck, 1926. Named after a famous Zaandam windmill “De Jonker” and known as the “Zaandam Organ” playing on full 72 key Carl Frei scale. Owned

by Bert Maas and family for over 50 years and acquired from Willem Roos, Rotterdam in 2015.

Presented by Alan Smith, Hoxne, Suffolk.

24. “Bella” is a 30 Keyless organ built by Mike Dean of Whitchurch, Bristol in 1981. The organ attends many functions including traction engine rallies, village fetes, weddings and birthdays etc. as well as fund raising for different charities.

Presented by Derek and Pauline Legg, Essex.

26. “De Grote Gavioli” an original 89 Key G4 Scale Gavioli Organ built in Waldkirch in the Black Forrest circa. 1906 for use on the German fairgrounds.

The organ was supplied new to Dresden Showman Carl Patty and during the 1920’s was purchased by Dutch showman Reinhard Dirks and was taken to Holland and used in his Lunapark attraction. Carl Frei rebuilt and extended the organ creating its unique sound.

In 1963 the organ was purchased by the late Arthur Mason, garage owner, of Burnham Market, Norfolk. This caused somewhat of a furore in Holland where enthusiasts were most upset by the export of what was considered to be one their national treasures, so much so that other organs of national importance were subsequently “listed” by the Dutch Government and their future export prevented.

In July 1996 the organ was purchased by the present owner Nigel Myers of Rufforth, York and underwent a three year rebuild and careful restoration.

Since then, in addition to regular appearances on the UK rally circuit, the organ has returned to the Town where it was built on three occasions participating in the Waldkirch International Organ Festivals in 1999, 2002 & 2008. It has also attended numerous Organ events in Holland where there remains much affection for it.

The owners are excited to be bringing the organ back to Norfolk for the first time in 21 years to attend the 2017 Diss organ festival.

Presented by N & B Myers & Sons, Rufforth, York, N.Yorks.

29. Wilhelm Bruder Sohne, Model 79, 48 keyless organ. Serial no. 3651, built 1926 in Waldkirch, Germany.This organ was imported into the UK in a very derelict condition. Three years were spent painstakingly restoring it to retain its extremely original condition as much as possible. There is a total of 177 pipes in the instrument, also a bass drum, cymbal and snare drum, and glockenspiel. There is some original Wilhelm Bruder music, several arrangements by the famous Gustav Bruder and new music from English, Dutch and American arrangers.

Presented by Andrew & Annabel Leach, Sussex.

32. “The Clef” 80 key Mortier cafe organ was built in Antwerp Belgium in the late 1940s. The organ was saved by Mr Charles Hart of St Albans and later sold to play in a shop in Glasgow. It was then exported to America where it spent over twenty years. The organ was connected to a coin box, the same as a modern juke box and plays on cardboard books or midi computer files.

Presented by Geoff Powell, Norfolk.

33. “Lucy” 68 key DeCap Band Orga 1946 by Gebroeders DeCap, in Antwerp, Belgium, to provide musical entertainment in a cafe.Mr. Charles Hart brought the organ to St. Albans, England for his private collection, which later became the St. Albans Organ Museum www.stalbansorgantheatre.org.uk . The organ was featured on BBC Blue Peter in 1968. In 1968 Mr Frank Bond purchased the organ for his museum in Taunton, Somerset, where it remained until May 1983.The distinctive sound of “Lucy” is provided by organ pipes behind the façade together with a drum kit and self-playing Scandalli accordion. All this is controlled by perforated cardboard music books and a pneumatic mechanism.

Presented by Keith and Antoinette Pinner, Stalham, Norfolk.

34. 68 Key Bursens Organ by Arthur Bursens. Previously owned by Ian Crisp, who named it “The Westonian” after Weston, where he lives in Hertfordshire, it was a familiar site at rallies around East Anglia. Purchased in 2005, and installed in the MAN lorry which you see today.We have greatly increased the range of music which we can play, and enjoy taking it to events in and around Kent where we live.

Presented by Nick and Barbara Seymour, Kent.

The Mechanical Organ Owners Society www.moos.org.uk

British Organ Grinders Association www.boga.co.uk

The Musical Box Society G.B. www.mbsgb.org.uk

The Theatre Organ Club www.theatreorganclub.co.uk

Sincere thanks to

Mary & Simon Gee Westhorpe, Suffolk

Central Control/Incidents Tel. Jonny Ling 07708 890 728

Group tours of organs by and workshop t appointmen