106 key Decap Herentals dansorgel (Decap Presenteert De 14 Beste nr.1)

[@Hiddovanos]

Dit orgel kun je de hele dag spelen zonder dat het gaat vervelen. Je hoort telkens iets nieuw. Geweldig.

[@ElClásicodelos30s]

Decap organs have a very beautiful combination of acustic percussions and organ tubes incluiding real accordions with a electric organ, creating a very lovely sound.

[@sammydecap2992]

These organs were the result of Decap Herentals vision to have a dance organ play like a full-fledged orchestra. I have experienced this time up close and it is still vivid in my mind, where has the time gone. These organs were very undervalued and misunderstood. Regards, Sammy Decap

[@MechanicalMusicRecordings]

Thank you Sammy - these organs are very special in their sound, much more so than any other electronic dance organs of the time. It's a shame so few survive nowadays.

[@sammydecap2992]

@@MechanicalMusicRecordings It is precisely for this reason that I still have an Elka artist 707 here at my home and I have kept the original organ books in midi form. It is my wish to reassemble this organ for myself on the original range of 106 key Decap Herentals and thus bring it back to life. In any case, I have all the knowledge and equipment here to do it, now I just have to find the time to do it and convince my brother Frank to help with this. Kind regards, Decap Sammy 🙂

[@MechanicalMusicRecordings]

@@sammydecap2992 I wish you the best of luck with your project - the results will most definitely pay off! A couple of years ago I went to inspect what remains of the Decap X500P in person - whilst the electronics are in a very bad state, a lot of the organ's original music library still survives (mostly Somers and Tony Decap books). I'm hopeful that it can be restored back to its former glory one day.

[@Hiddovanos]

looking forward to the other recordings!

[@MechanicalMusicRecordings]

Thank you! I've got a few more to come, mainly of organs in the UK.

[@Vrolijkemuzikant]

All arrangements by Tony Decap

[@ElClásicodelos30s]

14:57 Rivers of Babylony, isn't it?

[@MechanicalMusicRecordings]

Yes!

[@PeterMackett]

Do the large pipes in the centre and the metal ones behind the accordions actually play or are they just dummies?, i wonder what the extra key does as most of these organs are 105 key.

[@MechanicalMusicRecordings]

The metal pipes are certainly dummy pipes - as for the wooden ones, I'm not too sure. The 106 key Herentals scale is different to the usual 105 key scale, although I'm afraid I wouldn't know any of the details.

[@AltAccount-yv9io]

Interesting version of "Het Smurfenlied".

[@ElClásicodelos30s]

indeed

[@ElClásicodelos30s]

Last song name?

[@musiclp123456DansorgelMusicLP]

Telstar 😉

[@mitchellvdboor4421]

ik weet niet waarom. deze sort dansorgel vind gewoon mooi klinken. ik vind zo jammer dat somige dansorgel niet meer zijn. er zijn weinige dansorgel over. het word ook niet meer gebouwd word. zo jammer. dansorgel is ook niet van deze tijd. maar toch zijn er baar over en spelen nog.

[@Timemaster-1898]

De familie Decap maakt nog steeds dansorgels in Herentals 😊 Aangezien de vraag in België inderdaad niet meer zo groot is als vroeger, maken ze vooral orgels voor klanten in het buitenland.