Sounds much better than in your video of it last year but I can definitely tell it needs more work. I see they’ve got that hideous bandmaster working! 😂
playing beter a lot of brass , show,s up more now would love to buy this organ , if it ever comes up for sale ,, any one no its history , all ways wondered
As far as I know it was built for the Studt family who travelled it in s switchback ride, then in the 1940's or thereabouts it ended up on a set of gallopers in one of the Butlins camps. It was rescued in the early 1960's or late '50s by Keith Emmett Sr. I believe but was in a very bad way. Someone will know more I'm sure...
Thought to have originally been used in a steam motor car switchback, travelled in South Wales by Welsh showman John Studt, a ride which later passed to his brother in law Phil Phillips who kept the organ for use in his 3AB gallopers, a ride that ended up with Butlin's at Skegness. Have never seen a photograph of the Peacock Marenghi in the switchback, so how big the front was originally is anyone's guess. Through his business dealings with Butlins, Keith Emmett Snr managed to acquire the organ along with the front of the Marenghi in the ex-White's 4AB also at Skegness. The first restoration owners were the Millward Bros in 1968 who got some way with the restoration reliant on a number of persons. They decided to sell it as an unfinished project in the 1970s . Several enthusiasts went to look at it but were discouraged by its condition. Eventually, purchased by the late Cmdr John Baldock whose family continue to own it. The rebuilding has involved many hands over the years and a resident team have again overhauled it recently.
@@jorybennett5932 Thank you Jory! I had a feeling you knew... Some valuable bits of information there. A pity no photos of its original front survive, it would have been interesting to see it. There are photos of a couple of very similar instrument out there however, one complete with Peacocks...
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Still a bit of tuning to do but its getting there,getting better everytime I hear it.
Yes it's slowly advancing, it'll be interesting to hear if it's any better next year...
Sounds much better than in your video of it last year but I can definitely tell it needs more work.
I see they’ve got that hideous bandmaster working! 😂
Yes, the hideous bandmaster is back up and running... For this organ I'd almost think it better to have no bandmaster at all than this thing! lol
playing beter a lot of brass , show,s up more now would love to buy this organ , if it ever comes up for sale ,, any one no its history , all ways wondered
As far as I know it was built for the Studt family who travelled it in s switchback ride, then in the 1940's or thereabouts it ended up on a set of gallopers in one of the Butlins camps. It was rescued in the early 1960's or late '50s by Keith Emmett Sr. I believe but was in a very bad way. Someone will know more I'm sure...
Thought to have originally been used in a steam motor car switchback, travelled in South Wales by Welsh showman John Studt, a ride which later passed to his brother in law Phil Phillips who kept the organ for use in his 3AB gallopers, a ride that ended up with Butlin's at Skegness. Have never seen a photograph of the Peacock Marenghi in the switchback, so how big the front was originally is anyone's guess. Through his business dealings with Butlins, Keith Emmett Snr managed to acquire the organ along with the front of the Marenghi in the ex-White's 4AB also at Skegness. The first restoration owners were the Millward Bros in 1968 who got some way with the restoration reliant on a number of persons. They decided to sell it as an unfinished project in the 1970s . Several enthusiasts went to look at it but were discouraged by its condition. Eventually, purchased by the late Cmdr John Baldock whose family continue to own it. The rebuilding has involved many hands over the years and a resident team have again overhauled it recently.
@@jorybennett5932 Thank you Jory! I had a feeling you knew... Some valuable bits of information there. A pity no photos of its original front survive, it would have been interesting to see it. There are photos of a couple of very similar instrument out there however, one complete with Peacocks...
@@jorybennett5932 thank you so much
@@MechanicalMusicTravels thank you so much will right it down to keep