A very nice street organ. Looking forward to hearing it again soon, hopefully at an upcoming Hollycombe event.
@suusvankasteel53253 күн бұрын
hallo. was this the organ wich was standing in roosendaal in holland. in the cafe from piet en corrie. greetings
@stephenfletcher16613 күн бұрын
Thank you Lucas, great content as usual!
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
Thanks Stephen!
@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH4 күн бұрын
Was this facade later used on the 121 key Gebr Decap Century? as it is very similar to the one that was on century before it was rebuilt with the present facade. Was the DIAMANT later rebuilt as a 105 key semi electronic by Verbeeck as several Lps were made of the Diamant after the Verbeeck rebuild during which it was reduced in size to that of a regular 105 semi Electronic hence the original facade ending up on De Century.
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
No, the facade on this organ actually originally belonged to Mortier no.1003 "De Komeet", now in the UK. The electronic "Diamant" organ was a newbuild in the 1970's by Ferre Verbeeck and has nothing to do with this organ.
@kyleethekelt5 күн бұрын
Oh, wonderful. There is absolutely no mistaking that sound for another machine. I remember first hearing it on an album played by a friend through his 600 watt valve amp. He made a cassette for me which has long since worn out. Thank you for sharing.
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
You are very welcome!
@PeterMackett7 күн бұрын
It's actually a 97 key organ, i have seen it at the Ferme des Orgues, no accordions or saxophones now, the end panels are no longer with it either, stands up on a balcony now but was on the floor of the museum when i saw it, the arrangements here are by Arthur Prinsen but i only saw Verbeeck books with it now.
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
Yes, that's right - interestingly the facade on the organ both now and at the time of recording is the original facade of Mortier "De Komeet" here in the UK.
@peterhoult11 күн бұрын
I see from the comments that some think it is "out of tune". The only track that doesn't sound right to me is Clair. I wonder if the organ book was either worn or if a few of the notes had been "miscut".
@PeterMackett12 күн бұрын
Do the large pipes in the centre and the metal ones behind the accordions actually play or are they just dummies?, i wonder what the extra key does as most of these organs are 105 key.
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
The metal pipes are certainly dummy pipes - as for the wooden ones, I'm not too sure. The 106 key Herentals scale is different to the usual 105 key scale, although I'm afraid I wouldn't know any of the details.
@davidreed365512 күн бұрын
Nice to see and hear this organ again . The last time I saw this was at the final Knowl Hill steam rally when it was still in the Gallopers .
@Wheels-Wheels-Wheels13 күн бұрын
Thanks for this. Haven't seen or heard this organ live for many years.
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
It is reportedly currently being restored by Downs' and will hopefully be reunited with their "Pride of the South" gallopers in the near future.
@Wheels-Wheels-WheelsКүн бұрын
@@MechanicalMusicRecordings Thanks for this info. Will hopefully get to hear when it's out and about again, hopefully at some steam rally events.
@Christian76214 күн бұрын
Vernice
@PeterMackett15 күн бұрын
Arrangers - 1,2,7,9,10,13 - Louis Blache for Chiappa Ltd. 3,4,5,6,8,11,12,14 - Arthur Prinsen.
@johnchambers615015 күн бұрын
"Wonderful"!
@RaggyAl197115 күн бұрын
I've got all of the LPs of this organ,sadly my copy of this one gets worse sound wise during the last two tracks. The organ is due or was due to go back into the ride after recieving some TLC.
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
Let's hope organ and ride are reunited soon - it is an organ I should very much want to hear in person one day.
@Nico9316 күн бұрын
what happened to his channel?
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
It just vanished a few months ago - I'm not sure whether it was deleted by KZfaq or whether this was deliberate.
@Vrolijkemuzikant21 күн бұрын
All arrangements by Tony Decap
@elfurrohetero351822 күн бұрын
Last song name?
@musiclp123456DansorgelMusicLP18 күн бұрын
Telstar 😉
@elfurrohetero351822 күн бұрын
14:57 Rivers of Babylony, isn't it?
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
Yes!
@elfurrohetero351822 күн бұрын
Decap organs have a very beautiful combination of acustic percussions and organ tubes incluiding real accordions with a electric organ, creating a very lovely sound.
@AltAccount-yv9io22 күн бұрын
Interesting version of "Het Smurfenlied".
@elfurrohetero351822 күн бұрын
indeed
@AltAccount-yv9io23 күн бұрын
There is a recording somewhere on yt of a similar organ playing "Via Eupen".
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
Earlier this year I recorded this organ playing "Via Eupen" at Amersham - perhaps this is the video you're thinking of?
@PeterMackett27 күн бұрын
I spent many happy hours at the keyframe of this organ, i never did get through all the music!, had 14 cases and loads of seperate books, the scale of it is very versatile and it would play anything, both Brian and Boz Oram arranged a lot of music for it and there were arrangements from Hooghuys, Schollaert, Urbain van Wichelen and Arthur Prinsen, now in Belgium with the Rorive family and missed from the rally scene over here where it was local to me for many years, Boz would start in in the morning and just leave me with it all day so i could play what i liked, mind you, some of the music was better left in the cases, lol!
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
Yes, it is a lovely organ sadly much missed from the UK - luckily we still have a large abundance of Hooghuys organs!
@bietebouwer29 күн бұрын
I've never the title of the last piece - it wasn't on the book itself. I've heard it on German organs.
@PeterMackettАй бұрын
First time i have noticed it says Electronique on the bass drum, i thought this was a complete pipe organ, doesn't sound like synthesized sounds are used.
@Nico9326 күн бұрын
maybe its the trumpet and saxophone thats the electronic part?
@MechanicalMusicTravels2 күн бұрын
It is a complete pipe organ, the reason the bass drum says "Electronique" is because Grymonprez took the facade and percussion of an (unusually large) 92 key or 105 key semi-electronic Decap and put it in front of a modified 101 key Mortier. I assume the original Decap chassis was scrapped. A couple of photos exist showing the original Decap organ when behind this facade, which was one of about 4 or 5 organs once located in the Tavern American, Lokeren (hence the name still present on the centre glass panel). The Mortier was never located there, instead it was located in cafe "Het Bourgondische Kruis" in Ledeberg.
@user-en9xn2pt5iАй бұрын
Nice
@Reichthal-FrankenАй бұрын
Danke
@betsyh1437Ай бұрын
@khmam this is great!!
@masklavierАй бұрын
What happened to this organ?
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
It left Belgium in the 1970's, sold by Oscar Grymonprez into a private collection in the USA. It remained in the same collection until around 2010 when a fire sadly broke out in the building and destroyed all the instruments, minus a Mortier which was stored elsewhere. A real tragedy! A couple of this organ's books are known to survive though and are in the repertoire of the 92 key Decap "Jeanneke" in the UK (I have seen "Juul Kabas" and "Help Yourself" there, there may be others). These have just been cut down, as this organ played a special 101 key scale that was effectively just an extension of the 92 key Decap scale with extra registers and percussion.
@RaggyAl1971Ай бұрын
Sure I've got a cassette of this organ.
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
I wasn't aware cassettes had been issued - I think 3, possibly 4 LPs were produced of it under various different and misleading names such as "Organ at the Fair". Is your cassette an LP re-issue?
@perleemanАй бұрын
An excellent LP indeed! Featuring arrangements by Albert Decap, (I think) Dick Gillet and of course some excellent work by Willy Van Wichelen (aka Willy Rockin).
@PeterMackettАй бұрын
I think some of the arrangements are by Louis Somers.
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsКүн бұрын
Indeed - it's a pity most of the books heard here were presumably destroyed when the organ burnt down. Quite some loss!
@SessoltaniАй бұрын
Piccadilly no Picalilly
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsАй бұрын
Merci :)
@DavidBurgessMechanicalMusicАй бұрын
This was from the LP called 65 Key Wurlitzer, right? Now owned by Glenn Thomas of the US.
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsАй бұрын
Yes, correct
@davidgarringer7783Ай бұрын
I would like to know the name of the tune's being played if that is okay with you.
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsАй бұрын
Yes - the complete tune list is in the video description.
@davidgarringer7783Ай бұрын
I finally found the list. Thanks.
@michelefritchie6198Ай бұрын
I wish this was a video showing the full organ, plus watching the various instruments play.
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsАй бұрын
Thanks - there are quite a few videos of the gallopers and organ here on KZfaq should you want to see it in action.
11 - Glaxonwals is actually a beautiful song called "L'amour est un bouquet de violettes"
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsАй бұрын
Thank you! As is often customary with old LPs, if a book was unmarked or the title unknown, they would make it up!
@ANDREWLEONARDSMITHАй бұрын
The fact that some of the percussions are playing the wrong notes is a strange quirk of LiLi as the wood block plays the crash cymbal The crash cymbal plays the hi hat & the hi hat plays the wood block a most unique arrangement that many say gives LiLi her distinctive sound & makes her stand out from other 72 key Decap organs. How this came about is an unsolved mystery as no recordings exist of LiLi during her working life & one can assume she was built with this error which no one has noticed over the years as the general public who know nothing about organs would not even notice this strange quirk & so it has become a hallmark of the sound of LiLi & as far as is known she still has this unique quirk to this day! Some say to rectify it would ruin LiLis unique sound as it is an instant giveaway to the identity of the organ that some say should be left well alone as LiLi would not be LiLi without her strange quirk!
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsАй бұрын
I hear it has since been corrected. Of course the organ wouldn't have been built with that quirk, it must have been something that happened at some stage when the organ was already here in the UK.
@bobmason13612 ай бұрын
I volunteered at this museum in the mid '80's. Not long before he passed away, I've just discovered. Frank was a marvellous friendly eccentric man. I loved the hat he used to wear. My main memory of the Church was when I heard an interesting piano piece being played in the centre. I stopped what I was doing to hear it more clearly. There were several people flocked around a grand piano so I went to join them. Sitting at the piano was a little boy gallantly moving his fingers across the keys. I thought he was doing quite a good job of moving to the correct keys with the music. It was after all, a Duo Art Steinway Grand Player Piano. I then realised the young Lad was actually playing and not mimicking. A serious Beethoven piece if I recall. And played well! He was at the ripe old age of Six. I wonder where life led him? Maybe someone knows...
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsАй бұрын
Thanks for sharing your memories of the museum!
@unforgettable2562 ай бұрын
0:00 Wien Bleibt Wien 2:52 Blue Danube Waltz 6:42 La Paloma 9:36 La Cucaracha 11:57 Wooden Heart 14:03 Over The Waves 17:24 Tiritomba 20:03 Londonderry Air 22:25 Radetzky march 25:30 Perlenfischer
@jolantaszrajber94322 ай бұрын
❤🌹🎼🙂👍🎧
@roberthuron91602 ай бұрын
That tune,well known,is actually a Austrian Military March! And it wasn't the only one circuses used! Thank you for a bright and shiny video! Thank you 😇 😊!
@57erGebrWellershaus2 ай бұрын
12 is Soldatenblut Marsch 13 is Deutschmeister Regiments Marsch
@PeterMackett2 ай бұрын
This is a late organ built after World War Two by Rene van den Bosch who carried on running the Mortier firm until it's final closure in 1952.
@christophersandy2772 ай бұрын
Romeo why am I so in love 😍 with you
@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH3 ай бұрын
This is basically a regular Arburo under another name as the internal mechanisms are identical to the Arburo. So how did this come about? Who was Wilro De Mey & what connection did he have with Arthur Bursens?
@davevonraven3 ай бұрын
Whose arranged that version of 12th Street Rag?
@paulomattozo66823 ай бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏
@stephenspark7763 ай бұрын
Some spirited renditions here. I'm very fond of the distinctive Mortier sound.
@DecapObsessed3 ай бұрын
What a great sound this organ has, I love the accordion too.
@BrantDisneyfan3 ай бұрын
We need the rest of those videos
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsАй бұрын
If only I had them!
@BrantDisneyfanАй бұрын
@@MechanicalMusicRecordings if you had the ones featuring the gasparini organ
@MechanicalMusicRecordingsАй бұрын
@@BrantDisneyfan Unfortunately I only have the Mortier videos on my computer.