Band Organ Pix

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Pictures taken in November of 1978 of the Mechanical Systems Band Organ being delivered to Ray Siou in Oakland, California.

Date(s): August 30, 2004. Album by Tony Greer. Photos by Tony Greer. 1 - 6 of 6 Total. 2082 Visits.

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I think I understand about the condition of the "Old Gal." I recently restored an 1897 Aeolian Grand that had a good bit of "history." Though not the scale of a band organ, the situation was similar. Oh, this was my first attempt at an organ restoration, and it's now in working condition. Good luck with yours!
- Fred Lochner, Fri, 15 Apr 2011 2:32PM

A toght and lucky fit!
- Edward Hayden, Wed, 8 Oct 2008 8:01AM

neat
- Douglas Mussell, Wed, 6 Oct 2004 4:03PM

ray sent me poor tapes of this organ years ago but it sounded like fun
- dale gunnar, Fri, 17 Sep 2004 7:33PM

Thanks for making the photos available. Looking forward to hear CD
- george cooper, Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:42AM

Doesn't sound "churchy" at all. Bells on left sound great. Was there also an exylo on right?
- Bill Kenney, Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:00AM

Great pictures to go with the CD's that I ordered.
- Bill Sharkey, Tue, 14 Sep 2004 9:38AM

1 Photo #1 Some of the front pieces being gold leafed at MSI	2 Photo #2 The assembled front on the machine with spool frame doors closed	3 Photo #3 Noble and the end view of the machine showing some of the metal pipes
4 Photo #4 Shows the band organ being pushed towards the entry way. Noble in the tan sweater, Ray Siou in the plaid shirt with his back to the camera, and his helpers. With the front facade removed, you can see the tandem MSI spool frames, the pneumatic/electric switch stacks below, the DC power supply to the left, the lock and cancel relays on the right, and the back of the xylophone on top	5 Photo #5 Shows what a tight fit it was getting the band organ into Ray's house. The top trim of the doorway had to be removed, and it still scraped the top	6 Photo #6 We finally managed to shove it through the door and into Ray's warehouse. Everyone was very relieved! CDs of this band organ are available from Tony Greer at: thepacratz@aol.com Please email me for details.

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