70 pipe

This reproduction organ was purpose built for Kenneth Graham (NOT the author of Wind in the Willows). Kenneth is located at Murwillumbah, NSW, and this organ was made for use in market or street-side busking, magic acts and at National magician's conferences, etc. It has an animated monkey puppet mounted on the top that is operated by a lever (controlled by the organ-grinder’s left hand). The design is based upon one built by Hartley in the 1970's.

It is a reproduction organ and the pipes are imitation and for show only. Although it has moving parts, the sound is pre-recorded from an earlier built 70-pipe all-wooden barrel organ (photo not available) and played through a specially manufactured aluminium conical speaker that very realistically mimics the dynamic range of the original.

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