I have an Aeolian Orchestrelle that is mostly intact except for the lower part of the case. It would certainly take considerable time to restore as has been ...
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eliyahu shahar
eli_shahar2000
Jan 4, 2012 1:25 am
Hi Jaimie, do you have pictures? do you know which model it is? eli To: orchestrelles@yahoogroups.com From: geojamie@... Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:59:49...
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Leslie Hoffman
aeolianprinc...
Jan 4, 2012 2:30 am
Hi Eli, I asked the same question : ) Leslie ... From: eliyahu shahar <music_box_man@...> Subject: RE: [orchestrelles] Orchestrelle free to good home...
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Jamie
geojamie
Jan 4, 2012 4:38 am
I have no idea how to tell what model it might be. I could list the stops if that might be helpful. Jamie...
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Leslie Hoffman
aeolianprinc...
Jan 4, 2012 4:52 am
A picture of the case is really helpful ... From: Jamie <geojamie@...> Subject: [orchestrelles] Re: Orchestrelle free to good home (needs work) To:...
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eliyahu shahar
eli_shahar2000
Jan 4, 2012 4:55 am
the stop list would help too. e To: orchestrelles@yahoogroups.com From: stuntrek@... Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 20:52:10 -0800 Subject: Re: [orchestrelles]...
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Greg Filardo
gkfilardo
Jan 4, 2012 3:46 pm
First question on case identification:Â Does the keybed board run from one end of the case to the other(like a piano does)with the support column on each...
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Doug L. Bullock
glycopianoman
Jan 11, 2012 3:26 am
We now offer custom made Crankshafts. this one is for a Wurlitzer 105 copy. Let us know if you need one. ...
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Björn Isebaert
bisebaer
Jan 22, 2012 7:47 am
Hello! I am Björn from Belgium and have been interested in mechanical music for over 20 years. Since January, I'm working on a four month-project for the...
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Bob Loesch
cuckoobob
Jan 22, 2012 5:35 pm
... Greetings, Björn. Some construction can give you hints about age in these beautiful organs. In the oldest ones, the tracker bar is solid wood, being...
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bisebaer
Jan 22, 2012 5:39 pm
Thanks for the advice, Bob - at least, as a 'newbie', I now know better what to pay attention too! I'll try to post more photos this week. Adam Ramet pointed...
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Bob Loesch
cuckoobob
Jan 22, 2012 5:57 pm
... Agreed! The Orchestrelles I have seen look like "over-size" pianolas. This one looks like a really fine Armoire. You're most welcome, Björn. Hope you...
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bisebaer
Jan 27, 2012 3:06 pm
I've added some new photos to the album of the Orchestrelle in the Ghysels collection. Not much help, no doubt, esp. since the case has been taken apart. Has...
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Greg Filardo
gkfilardo
Jan 27, 2012 3:34 pm
A few photos of the case work would be helpfull in identifying what model you have--looks like a W but not sure. ________________________________ From:...
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Bob Loesch
cuckoobob
Jan 27, 2012 4:17 pm
... I can see by looking at those new photos, that this Orchestrelle is much newer than mine, as it has both the all-metal take-up spool, and the brass tracker...
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eliyahu shahar
eli_shahar2000
Jan 27, 2012 11:34 pm
greg--there are pictures of the case, but it's a highly custom case--looks more like a buffet than an Orchestrelle. My question is that there is a tag on the...
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Daniel
mateforyou2001
Jan 28, 2012 4:15 am
Hi , without the case on it , it looks identical to the inners of my model V.Also in regards to age , it has to be post 1907 as brass trackers came in in 1906....
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bisebaer
Jan 28, 2012 7:11 am
Thanks for all your help! I've posted the original photo of the label with the serial no. and model indication; upon closer inspection, I think it says "W"? ...
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Graeme
graeme.soder...
Jan 28, 2012 12:43 pm
I have spent the day comparing the photo's and in particlar the photo of the shutter arrangement of both my Model V & Model W. I have to agree with Greg that...
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Bob Loesch
cuckoobob
Jan 28, 2012 3:45 pm
... Thanks for that year, Dan. I've been wondering about that for years! Bob Loesch northern California, USA...
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Bob Loesch
cuckoobob
Jan 28, 2012 3:59 pm
... Counting the stop knobs, it looks like a V, as there are two on the left end of the row of 20 stop knobs which would be for the Sub-Bass, two in the center...
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eliyahu shahar
eli_shahar2000
Jan 28, 2012 4:19 pm
write to WJG Arthur Ord-Hume. He has done a lot of historical research on Orchestrelles, and to Kevin McElhone--he is close to writing a book on the subject...
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greggius2003
Jan 28, 2012 5:39 pm
Hello from Italy! I'm the owner of two orchestrelle but I don't konw the name of models. Please see my little album "max orchestrelles" and if you want, give...
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eliyahu shahar
eli_shahar2000
Jan 28, 2012 6:17 pm
benvenuto to our newest member I wouuld say that the larger Orchestrelle is almost certainly a model W, while the lovely art-nouveau cased one is probably from...
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greggius2003
Jan 28, 2012 6:47 pm
Thanks Eli for the answer. In a new added photo do you see the name AEOLIAN upper the keyboard; I think it's a really Aeolian Orchestrelle...or not???...
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eliyahu shahar
eli_shahar2000
Jan 28, 2012 6:56 pm
I can't see Aeolian, but if you can it's there. What I can tell you is that likely it could be one of the smaller models. ...
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Bob Loesch
cuckoobob
Jan 28, 2012 8:15 pm
... V and W both play 58-note rolls. I believe the Grand does, also, but the 1500 and some others play 44- or 46-note rolls. Some Orchestrelles like mine...
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Leslie Hoffman
aeolianprinc...
Jan 28, 2012 8:23 pm
46 notes are the Aeolian's and 44 notes are the Wilcox & White's players ________________________________ From: Bob Loesch <rrloesch@...> To:...
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Bob Loesch
cuckoobob
Jan 28, 2012 9:03 pm
... Thanks for clearing that up! I don't have either of those, so no way to remember... ";-) Bob Loesch northern California, USA...
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bisebaer
Jan 29, 2012 9:11 am
Once again, thanks for your help! So, it's apparently a model V then, and not in a mahogany case - which means the information on the label is incorrect (apart...
