89 key Gavioli fairground organ (ex. Bailey) - Amersham Fair Organ Museum 2022

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The Gaudin Jazzband organ I posted on my channel had a similar façade to this one before being transformed into a Verbeeck organ.

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Yes, I think that facade is now in front of a Fournier/Limonaire in France. You probably know the one, it has a row of tuned wine bottles!

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​@@MechanicalMusicTravels Its not the same façade. The façade for the Gaudin was actually patterned after that organ. The Gaudin's façade had an extension to the top for the En Chamade trumpets.

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@@aaronb5060 Thanks! I did not know that.

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@@MechanicalMusicTravels The Gaudin's façade was changed many times in its history. In its original installation (a carousel in Paris) it actually didn't have a façade. At some point in the 1970s a German (?) façade was attached to the organ. That façade was removed when it was purchased by a new owner and was soon replaced by the Gavioli-inspired façade. The thumbnails for my videos of the organ are of the instrument before being fitted with that façade. The organ was then purchased by a Belgian merchant without the façade or music books and was sold to its current owner who had it transformed by Verbeeck into its present form.

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@@aaronb5060 Thanks for the info!