46 keyless Bruder fairground organ - Amersham Fair Organ Museum 2022

[@jorybennett5932]

In excellent voice! I like the Dessert Song Selection. 🎵

[@MechanicalMusicTravels]

Yes, it always seems to work well on 46s!

[@DavidBurgessMechanicalMusic]

How come it sounds like a Ruth model 33?

[@arburo1]

Not really. The voicing of the pipes will be similar to other Waldkirch built organs, but these Bruder organs were built for Chiappa, with the standard 46 keyless scale, rather than the usual Waldkirch scale for Bruder organs. The British scale gives a totally different musical sound to a 'real' Waldkirch organ.

[@118Verbeek]

@@arburo1 yeah, but they’ll have been hashed up by Chiappa when they arrived in the UK anyway. That’s why they’re totally different.

[@arburo1]

@@118Verbeek I think that's what I was saying, but a bit more diplomatically.

[@draaiorgelvriend]

This Bruder organ sounds like a Gasparini.. 🤔

[@MechanicalMusicTravels]

I would say that all of these 46 keyless models made for Chiappa generally sound quite similar!