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The 84 Key Mortier organ known as The Trumpeter was in this country during the 1970s, but is now in Tienen, Belgium and owned by a Raymond Balseau   The street organ known as De Moriaan was built by H.Gosling of Hilversum, Holland and was brought to England in the late 1960s and lived in Kent until the 1980s.
 
 

The 101 key Mortier known as The Bandmaster, lived in Kent during the 1970s, but is now owned by a Dale Riley in the North West of England.

  

All I know about this organ is that it was called The Apollo. I last saw it during 1975. Does anyone know where it is now?
 
 

This 65 key Gavioli was once owned by a North of England Showman called: Emerson, and it is not only the sister of John Forrests Gavioli, but was also on a ride that was very similar to his gallopers.  It is now owned by Herbert Silcock, another showman from the same area, but the ride was sold and the organ travels in a van. This picture was taken before the rebuild.

  

This picture of the Emersons / Silcocks Gavioli was taken after the rebuild. The organ was originally owned by the Irish fairground family of Pipers before being sold to the Emerson family to go on their gallopers which were similar to Forrests.

I would like to thank my friend Thomas Emerson Macwhannell for the use of these pictures.
 
 

The 105 key Decap: "Strictly Ballroom", Although the two accordions and the percussion are air powered, the actual Organ sound is electronic. The actual music is operated by midi on a floppy disk.

   This 38 key Bursens was owned by the late Arthur Mantle during the 1970 - 1980s and during that time, it travelled with the organs of Claude and Joyce Jessett, but is now in storage awaiting restoration.
 

 

This famous 101 key Mortier known as "De Kluisberg" was built in 1926 and passed through a number of owners until being sold by G Perlee of Amsterdam in 1962 to David Barlow in Kent.

 

After the tragic death of David Barlow in 1967, it was passed on to Roger Burville who owned it until 2005.

 
 
De Kluisberg was a regular visitor to Canterbury city centre just before Christmas most years.   Here in this close up you can see some of the beautifull carving and paint work.
 
 
Roger Burville's 43 keyless paper roll Bruder at the Preston Court 2005 ploughing trials   Roger admiring his new purchase at the 2006 New Year open days
 
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