THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE KF3-06 FairFair OrganOrgan PreservationPreservation SocietySociety IN THIS ISSUE Les Fréres Limonaire Pt 3 35 Years of Memories Pt 3 Southern Counties Organ Rally 2006 Visit To Wisconsin W.E.S.E.S. 51st Rally And Much More The Key Frame is published by the Fair Organ Preservation Society quarterly in March, June, Contents September and December and distributed free to members of the Society. Back issues can be Chairman’s Chatter. Peter Haywood. 1. obtained from the Stock Controller. Southern Counties Material in 'The Key Frame' is copyright © the FOPS and/or the authors and is not to be reproduced in part or whole, in any Organ Rally 2006. Alan Roberts. 2. format, without written permission of the Editor and/or the CD Reviews. Michael Morris. 6. author. All rights reserved Les Fréres Limonaire Advertisement Rates Part 3. Andrea Stadler. 7. Full page: £50 Members Pics. Rudy Nijs. 18. 188mm x 132 mm Visit To Wisconsin. Dave Smith. 20. 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Views expressed in The Key Frame are not necessarily those of the Society, the Editor, the Society Officials or the Society Members. The COVER PICTURES reader is solely responsible for determining the accuracy of statements and the use made of them. 80 keyless Gebrüder Bruder Fair COPY DATES Organ in the Jasper Sanfillipo Organ KF2-06 21st April 2006 Collection, Chicago, U.S.A. KF3-06 21st July, 2006 KF4-06 20th October, 2006 Photo: David S mith KF1-07 26th January 2007 Chairman’ Chatter helpful over the matter and we thank them for that. All monies owed to you An extraordinary Meeting of your should be with you in this issue. (see Committee was held in early July to below) discuss the implications of the news of the Thanks also to Kevin Meayers, our granting of an export license for the ex. Public Relations Officer, for his time spent Grays/Jonas 98 key Gavioli liaising with the Printers to bring about The granting of such a license, which this outcome. was done with the say so of Ian Trowell Ladies and Gentleman, mistakes can be of the National Fairground Archive in made. Sheffield, places the entire stock of old Happy Listening, Peter Haywood. instruments in this country in serious danger of suffering of a similar fate. Quite why the body in London WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME refererred the matter to the N.F.A. and not THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS the F.O.P.S which has for nearly fifty years TO OUR SOCIETY. been the main society with regard to Fairground Organs, remains a mystery. Mr D Evans, The people at Sheffield have no real Skelmersdale, West Lancs. qualifications where such an important Mr & Mrs C Palmer, matter is concerned or with regard to the Yeovil, Somerset. Waverley Criteria, The criteria which has to be met before an export license can be Mr S Whittaker, granted at all. Brownhills, West Midlands. Although stopping the above now Mr P Thomas, seems unlikely, we as a Society have to be Coventry, West Midlands. seen to be taking action to try to prevent Mr E Thomas, similar events from occurring in the Milton Keynes, Bucks. future. To this end a letter has been sent the relevant body expressing our Mr & Mrs ATipping, displeasure at what has happened and Kidderminster, Worcs. requesting an urgent meeting with them with regard to any similar cases that might arise in the future. NOTICE That is it in a nutshell, an in-depth Apparently, it is not possible to buy report of happenings will appear in this or a postal order for a sum as low as future issue of the Key Frame. £1.04. It has therefore been decided to The unfortunate incident of the deduct that sum from your charging of £1.04 for your last magazine annual subscription and Rowe the was resolved very quickly indeed thanks Printers will reimburse the Society to the printers putting their hands up for the total sum involved. straight away. Rowe the Printers who print the Key Frame have been more than 1 Successful Third Southern Counties Rally By Alan Roberts The third annual Southern Counties Wilhelm Bruder model 74 4 (actually an ex Organ Festival was held at Twyford demonstration model) owned by Francis Waterworks Museum in Hampshire on the Stapleton, which had been completely 4th of June. Set in rolling country- side just rebuilt by Richard Dean last year; a a couple of miles from the M3 beautiful 56 keyless Voigt belonging to motorway, the museum itself holds a Paul Kirrage that came originally from a fascinating history of potable water German showman; ‘De Angelina’ a 55 puming, filtration and supply to the keyless David Leach Dutch street organ surrounding area. Indeed, part of the built at the extreme end of 1999 owned by Victorian building is still used by the very young but non-theless Southern Water. enthuisiastic Ashley Spencer; the 54 key- There were, in total, some 27 organs of less McCarthy ‘Broadtown Belle’2 owned by varying size attending; from the tiny Mike Harris, also in new transport; a 52 'Babe' built and presented by Paul key Verbeeck Dutch street organ built in McCarthy (who incidentally nearly got 1982 and owned by Glyn and Mary paid a mileage allowance, as he kept Tisdall;3 ‘De Harlequin’,5 a 52 key street going around the building trying to find a organ that started life as a Koenigsberg, pitch!) to Ray Bryant's 69 keyless rebuilt by Theo Heesbeen in 1989, then WurliTzer system Dean ‘Charlotte Rose’, pipework replaced in 2004, owned by now recently tuned and fully at home in Graham Spencer; A colourful Wilhelm it's new transport. Bruder model 79 (48 keyless) The main body of organs were (in organ owned by Dr Andrew Leach; ‘Irene’ programme order): a 42 keyless McCarthy owned by Cliff Seamark; ‘Bayford Belle’, a 38 note David Leach hand turned organ, owned by Ray Bryant; the 36 key Pluer/ Krull Dutch street organ ‘De Kleine Molen’, owned by Ashley Spencer; (photo left) Dave and Joan Wright had their lovely Hopp hand turned organ 2 JUST A FEW OF THE ORGANS AT TWYFORD 2006 1 2 3 4 actually inside the building right next to The waterworks museum had laid on a the triple expansion steam pumping free shuttle bus service to and from engine...which thankfully was not Winchester railway station, and this working! In these acoustics, the Hopp proved to be very poular, bringing in sounded a lot larger. many folk (one even came from America The smaller type of organ was to see the show, but not all the way on the represented by Andy Hinds, who bus, I might add). attended with his 31 note Alan Pell paper Fortunately, the weather behaved roll instrument; Robin Brailey brought itself, and produced a very fine, hot and dry along his 30 keyless Dean ‘Cindy’; whilst summers day.