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| Developed jointly by Alan Pell and Melvyn Wright, the amazing Harmonette
busker's organ is a portable 21 key street organ that can be taken virtually
anywhere, and is easy and fun to play. It can be carried around on
a strap, rested on a pole, or placed on a stand or traditional cart. The
beautiful tone is produced by real organ pipes and bellows, which provide
plenty of volume for both indoor and outdoor playing. |
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The organ is so easy to turn that it can be played all day without fatigue,
and the use of a miniature system to store the music allows a complete library
of many hours of music to be carried around in your pocket. In addition,
many innovative features have been provided on the instrument which are
impossible on a conventional roll-playing organ. Some of these features allow
you to add your own artistic touches to the music, making the organ very
rewarding to play.
Forget those bulky rolls, and the endless threading
and rewinding.
Just plug in a small music cartridge, turn the handle,
and off you go!
Up to one hour of music available instantly at your
fingertips.
The most sophisticated hand-turned organ ever
produced
Features:
Attractive two-colour pipework. Bellows can be seen working behind
pipes.
Manual tremulant control allows you to add your own personal touch
to the music.
Tempo of music varies with speed of crank handle. Fixed tempo mode
for playing 'on the move'.
Crank handle ratio can be varied during play, allowing dramatic tempo
or wind pressure variations.
Optional brass bell and slider control. Optional tremulant slider
knob. Two speed tremulant.
Looks like a traditional roll-player when played with the lid
closed.
Various playing modes, including Autoplay, Single Play, Repeat Play,
Fast Forward, Music Search,
and Standby mode to reduce power consumption.
Electronic and 'pneumatic' player modes.
Remote socket allows two or more organs to be played together to
produce a grand concert effect.
Crank handle speed can be adjusted to suit your own style of
grinding.
Cheap music - approx. 1/3rd the cost of equivalent roll music.
Cartridges contain up to 32 tunes of your choice.
The cartridge system is expandable to over 100 tunes per
cartridge.
7 hours of cartridge music occupies the same space as a 7 minute
music roll!
Special purpose cartridges are available for weddings, parties, hymns, etc.
Built-in demo music, tuning and testing routines, and customising
options.
Security PIN code makes organ useless to a thief.
Powered by its own internal rechargeable battery, mains, or car
battery.
2-hour and 10-hour batteries available. Battery can be changed on
location.
Dimensions: 365 x 280 x 410mm. Weight approx. 9kg (excl.
battery).
Special casework, brasswork, and decoration to order.
Perfect for pubs, parties, weddings, carol singing, fund raising,
etc.
See Alan Pell's web site
for more details and current prices, etc.
| The Mini-20 Organ
The Mini-20 is a blower-operated version of the popular Harmonette organ.
Instead of turning a crank handle you can sit back and listen to the
music!
Available in various case styles. See
Alan Pell's web site
for more details and current prices, etc. |
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A delight to play - A joy to listen to
Music playing: The Happy Wanderer
arranged for the Harmonette by Melvyn Wright
This web site is copyright (C) Melvyn
Wright and individual contributors |
