Our Band Organ

We are not only interested in clocks, but also Automated Musical Instruments.  Ron Schmuck, of the Great Canadian Nickelodeon Company was recently involved in the creation of our Band Organ.

The organ is hand turned and uses a traditional four pump bellows, the pipe work comprises of Ron’s special "SchmuckenFluten" on melody, with violins, bourdons and trombones on accompaniment as well as Bass.  Also glockenspiel on counter melody.

We are presently working on adding five trumpets to the bass.  This instrument plays the popular style "Wurlitzer 125" Band Organ Music.

SchumckenFluten is pronounced "Schmookenn Flooten" and is a very special pipe made up of two bourdones sharing the same back but tuned slightly "Celeste" for that very "Dutch Sound".  Ron’s ancestors made them in Soufflenheim, Alsace (now part of France) 150 years ago.