OT: Rare and ornate pump organ for sale ...

[Terry Neely]

Looks great! What is it that makes it so rare? Maybe the manufacturer? Looks a
lot like the average ones I see in North Carolina.
    Terry Neely
Hechler Family wrote:

> I have just completed a professional restoration of an ornate and rare
> pump organ from the Dominion Organ & PIano Co from Bowmanville Ontario
> Canada for only $4000.
>
> The stops from left to right:
> Diapason
> Bassoon
> SubBass (from C-8 to C-20 plays the same note an octave lower)
> Bass Coupler (playing the note an octave lower on the keyboard)
> II Forte
> Vox Humana (giving the vibrato effect)
> I Forte
> Treble Coupler (playing the note an octave higher on the keyboard)
> Vox Angelica
> Echo
> Melodia
>
> The Sub-Bass stops were usually found only on the higher class models
>
> That's not all, it includes:
> an organ stool,
> a key to lock to lid closed,
> a history of the organ company,
> a post-card showing the factory
> and, last but not least, a copy of White's School for the Reed Organ,
> circa 1903, which includes a full and comprehensive method of
> instruction also scales, Studies, Excerises, Voluntaries, Songs,
> Marches, Waltzes, Polkas, Opera Melodies, Hymns, Tunes, etc. arranged
> expressively for the Reed Organ, Melodean or Harmonium.
>
> All of this, for the low low, price of only $4000
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Duaine Hechler
> Piano, Player Piano, Organ, Pump Organ
> Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
> Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild
> Reed Organ Society Member
> Florissant, MO
> (314) 838-5587
> dahechler@charter.net
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