New Organs

I have now given up the possibility of building further new organs, as age and a shrinking workshop has gone against me. Here is a short history of those organs which were built from 1985 to 1992,. Sizes range from 48-key to 90-key. 50% are fairground organs, and 50% are "Dutch" street organs. All have "keyed" key frames. All these organs were specially commissioned, and no two are exactly alike.
The mechanical, or fairground organ is often considered to be the poor cousin of the church organ. Unkindly this may be due to the class of owner in the fairground. The typical fairground showman is rough and ready, but his working day is very hard and long. Similarly, his organs are also worked hard and long, sometimes over ten hours a day continuously. And he doesn't expect trouble, or he'll lose punters.
My instruments are of two main types - fairgroud organs and "Dutch" street organs. The main differences are that the street organs are usually hand-turned, employing heavy wheels and double-cranks, and contain pipework with different tonality.

All sizes of organs produced have numerous possibilities of specification and pipe layout, according to customer preference, so no two organs are exactly alike.

Now that I'm stuck with a small workshop, at present under construction is a 32-keyless "German"-style street organ, providing a contrast to those produced so far. News on this project will appear in due course, so watch this space!