Hand turned for your delights, the beautiful Sonja Waltz

Draaiorgel De Harlekijn plays SONJA WALTZ in Hi Res Audio

Another track from the demo disc taken in 2001, remastered last year in 24bit 192khz hi res audio

Whites Gavioli Plays "I do like to be beside the Seaside" 2001 hi Res audio

Recorded back in 2001 at the request of Alan Curry of the then Show Organ Society. Alan asked me to provide a mock disc to take to Neil Corner (the owner), to try to persuade him to have a much needed Compact disc made of the great organ. The disc never materialised but the session disc has been remastered by me last year and now the organ under new ownership and just down the road from me, who knows what might happen

Whites Gavioli plays "I'm for ever blowing bubbles"

Whites Gavioli Plays "Third Man Theme" Harry Lime, in 24/192 hi Res audio

Transcribed from a 1938 date stamped 78rpm, the track along with 27 other recordings have been carefully restored and digitalized for an upcoming compact disc

Draaiorgel De Harmonica 78rpm circa 1938

Here is one of those not so good arrangements

Whites playing a dubious March arrangement.

I have selected 7 iconic pieces of music that are heavily associated with Mortiers, they are special to me as they were all books that i used to flog on the rallyfield when i helped out on The Gavitier back in the 70s. I believe all books arranged by Marcel Bartier

84 KEY MORTIER ORCHESTRATION "VENUS DE MILO" PLAYS 7 ICONIC BOOKS

Gavioli De Leeuw playing in my opinion, one of the finest arrangements i have heard in many years

Gavioli Orgel De Leeuw Speel NIMROD - EDWARD ELGAR

Track from the ever popular album "Pride of the ride in Stereo". This was not taken from vinyl, it was taken from the 10.5ins Nab master tape and this time, the whole 1st album was slowed down to it's correct playing speed. Enjoy

Piccolo Polka 57 key Hooghuys-Shaharazad-Brian Oram

Recorded at the "Great Working of Steam", Stourpaine Bushes in 1971. I have no idea what the title is but i believe it was a Marcel Van Boxtel arrangement. I have restored the recording as much as i can without taking away it's authenticity. Recorded in mono

Edward Hine's 89 Keyless Black Forest Gavioli recorded 1971

A.D Gardeners 92 key Limonaire recorded back in 1973. I believe a vinyl album was made with these recordings. Taken from Harold Hardwick master tapes and restored/remastered. This is not the correct picture, cannot find one online

92 key Limonaire plays "Pearl's de Crystal

One of my favourite Overtures played on one of my favourite Organs, the big 89 key Leach & Overington. Not much to look at but ohhh, that sound with it's chest rumbling bass. Recorded live by myself at the 2000 GDSF at their Thursday Evening Concert

89 key Leach & Overington plays Zampa arr PK Watts

I have just bought myself a new toy to play with when i get bored. A little 20 keyless McCarthy, great little thing for it's size, 3 registers

20 Keyless McCarthy plays Radetzky march and Music hall songs

Playing:
12th street rag
De kleine madel
Lunapark maars
Dizzy fingers
Elizabethan serenade
Wedding of the winds
All books have had the registers re-cut over the summer, just a couple of mistakes i have made, not bad for an amateur

Draaiorgel de Harlekijn speelt alle favorieten

1st time of asking since November last year, apart from the odd bummer note and a couple of pipes slightly out, not a bad effort from the 20 year old organ.
Playing books from it's vast library of music including "Wedding of the Winds, "Stranger on the Shore", "Sealed with a Kiss", "Holland Rag" etc.
Recorded on a little Tascam hand held field recorder, hate the damn thing but it was the first thing i grabbed out the studio.

DRAAIORGEL HARLEKIJN -MARCH- 2019

It is such a shame that we no longer hear or see this magnificent organ anymore, although I do believe that plans are afoot to get the organ back rallying again.
Until then, here are a few tracks from a very old cassette that I have restored and remastered for digital media. I have also had to slow every track down by 9%, for some reason, every book was played way too fast. Anyway, the end results are pleasing compared to the original source and in the new year, a discussion will take place with Russell Hine to try and secure a recording session date, I understand the organ is playing better now, than in this recording.

Production Master WEDDING OF THE PAINTED DOLL Master

Production Master FATHER RHINE MARCH Master

Production Master BOYS FROM THE BLACK FOREST MARCH Master

Built originally as an 87 key and was operated in and around the Hanover area of Germany. During its life, the Gavioli was converted to play keyless music, however, in the early 1960s, the organ was rebuilt by Carl Frei Jnr, it was during this rebuild that Edward Hine spotted the organ and instantly purchased it, without hearing a note. Mr. Hine exported the Gavioli to England where it spent many years being rallied throughout the South of England. It was always the first organ that greeted visitors to the "Great Working of Steam" at Stourpaine Bushes, all through from 1968 through to the late 1980s. During that period, the organ was passed over to Edwards Son, Gordon Hine who designed a purpose-built building to house not only the Gavioli but also numerous other organs, acquired through the years including Marenghi and Mortier. The Gavioli is now rested and has been for many years since disappearing from the scene in the early 1990s. I sincerely hope you enjoy these offerings, taken from a cassette sourced, restored, re-tracked and remastered, each track was also speed adjusted to the correct tempo. These tracks are reproduced as mp3 files for quickness

Production Master OLD COMRADES MARCH Master

Production Master LATE TWENTIES SELECTION(CARL FREI) Master

Production Master EARLY TWENTIES SELECTION (CARL FREI) Master

Production Master EARLY FIFTIES SELECTION (CARL FREI) Master

Production Master COLONEL BOGEY Master

Production Master ACCLAMATION WALTZ Master

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