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band organ
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact33964
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.21.1
- Description
- This is a Wurlitzer Military Band Organ, Style 146B. Built by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, ca 1925. The organ is supposed to recreate the sound of a 20-piece military band, with percussion instruments that include bass drum, snare drums, cymbals, and xylophones, as well as pipes to reproduce the sounds of trumpets, trombones, flutes, and violins. This band organ is operated by paper rolls based on Wurlitzer's unique, 46 note roll scale, "Style 150". Our Model 146B has duplex roll frames, allowing continuous playing, one roll rewinds as the other is playing. An electric motor mounted on the top uses a belt to drive a crankshaft that powers both the air bellows that feed the various music pipes as well as the roll mechanism. The band organ was originally intended to be used with a carousel out of doors. A perferated sheet of plexie glass has been placed over the front opening to reduce the volume of the instrument inside the carousel building. Outside Visible Snare Drum on proper right Bass Drum with cymbal on proper left Inside 16 Octave Violin Pipes 3 Wooden Trombones 3 Octave Stopped Bass Pipes 15 Wooden Trumpets 15 Stopped Flute Pipes 16 Violin Pipes 9 Open Pipes Bottom 3 Open Bass Pipes 9 Stopped Accompaniment Pipes 16 Stopped Melody Pipes Bells 16 Bell Bars, playing form the musical roll.
- Object History
- The band organ was purchased and restored by the Friends of the Carousel to replace the original organ that had been sold before the carousel was acquired for the Burnaby Village Museum. The Friends of the Carousel bought this machine from a collector in Spokane, Washington. He had obtained it from a closed down travelling carnival company in Reno, Nevada. They had used it with a carousel in the American mid-west.
- Marks/Labels
- "Wurlitzer", painted in gold on front of organ
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New York
- Site/City Made
- North Tonawanda
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pump organ
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91558
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.14.1
- Description
- Pump organ, also known as a reed organ made by the Thomas Organ and Piano Company of Woodstock, Ontario.
- The organ is similar in style to an upright piano. It is a ten (10) stop organ with 73 keys. The stops would have been labeled but only three stops retained the labels: Forte, Echo, and Melodia.
- The top front panel has three ornamental panels with cut out filigree, backed with red fabric. The same style of cut out and fabric appears below the keyboard. There is a key cover that pulls out from the top panel and the two move in conjunction with each other.
- The organ includes two knee levers below the keyboard and two foot pedals. The foot pedals are stamped "Thomas Organ Co" at the bottom. The pedals appear to have been recovered with a rubber material with vertical grooves, potentially a floor mat.
- There are carved details in various locations on the organ, and the wood is stained a dark brown.
- The back panel of the organ is a different wood and colour than the rest. It could be a replacement panel. The panel is easily removed.
- Stamped in ink inside the organ is a model number "A 20404". Stamped into the wood on the back left side is "11/20"
- Classification
- Musical T&E - - Musical Instruments
- Object Term
- Organ, Reed
- Measurements
- Height: 142 cm Width: 142.5 cm Depth: 59.5 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Woodstock
- Subjects
- Musical Instruments
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toombi
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91707
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.5.1
- Description
- Tumbi, toombi, tumba, or toomba is a single stringed plucking instrument.
- The toombi is made of a wooden stick mounted to a round resonator. The string is attached to a tuning key at the top of the stick at one end and the bottom of the resonator across a wooden bridge.
- The resonator of the toombi is decorated with round headed tacks
- Classification
- Musical T&E - - Musical Instruments
- Object Term
- Instrument, Stringed
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violin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2235
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV990.3.1
- Description
- John Leonard's violin. Label inside reads: "Copy of Antonius Stradivarius"; made in Germany, "Imperial Violin" stamped on back behind scroll; with bow; and with case, black, which has purple felt lining
- Object History
- This violin was used by George Leonard, Martha (Leonard) Love's father. It was passed down to his grandson John Leonard Love who played it in the parlour of the Love Farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Musical Instruments
- Names
- Love, John Leonard
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