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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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original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84143
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.44
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren.This piece is of a traveling salesmen's wagon and horse. The wagon has a sign that says "Hardware". The illustration is painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 42 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Reference
- Original artwork from Burnaby publication "Bygones of Burnaby"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 16.0 cm W: 10.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
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