Organ recordings from the Orgelmuseum Koksijde

[@orgelman_1217]

Much of this collection was exported to Japan, but I am saddened to see it all now in poor condition.

[@PeterMackett]

The first organ is the 100 key Hooghuys "Condor" organ now in the Scarborough Fair Collection and as far as i know it was never in the collection at Koksijde, it stood for many years in Boudewijn Park so Stephen may of recorded it there, the organ with the Marenghi front is actually a Mortier Orchestrion, i think they had several that were chopped and changed and given another maker!

[@MechanicalMusicRecordings]

The "Condor" was indeed located at the Koksijde museum for a year or two as far as I know, I have seen photos of it inside the museum!

[@bietebouwer]

@@MechanicalMusicRecordings It was actually only there during the first year of the museum, as far as I know, as the owner didn't have a large dance organ at the time. Many thanks for posting these recordings - I had missed them when Stephen had posted them!

[@Mortierorgansandorchestrio-i4t]

It's not even totally a Marenghi facade - I believe that the carvings over the side wings are from a Mortier dance organ.