This seasons
Organ Gathering to be held at
Hollycombe Steam In The Country Liphook Hampshire will be held over the weekend of
24th & 25th July and will once again be combined with the working steam collections Fairground Weekend.
This year sees several new exhibitors at the event including Mike & Liz Harris from Treorchy with their 105 DeCap style David Leech organ, Keith Pinner with the 68 key Decap "Lucy", Robert Clarke's 84 key Gavioli, Margaret Cook with the 46 key Wilhelm Bruder and Graham Beck with his 30 Pell Modular Organ to name a few
Full list of organs attending are:(subject to availability)
105 note electro-mechanical David Leech organ which operates in a similar way to a deCap. – Mike & Liz Harris
89 key Van de Broek – Mike Mitchell
89 key Marenghi - Goff Radcliffe
84 Key Gavioli – Robert Clarke
69 keyless Dean "Charlotte Rose" - Ray Bryant
68 Key Decap Dance Organ "Lucy" – Keith Pinner
68 Midi John Smith – John Smith
Self built 64 keyless midi operated John Smith design based organ - Steve Elliott
52 Van Eyck – Bobby Rawlins
49 keyless Ivatt Systeme Gavioli – Martin
46 Keyless Wilhelm Bruder – Margaret Cook
37 Key Verbeeck – John Morley in his Vintage Arcade
31 Keyless McCarthy street organ - Geoff Davis
31 note Pell hand turned organ – Andy Hinds (Sunday only)
30 note modular organ – Graham Beck
27 keyless Robert Hopp – Dave & Joan Wright
26 note John Smith Busker organ - Dave Clothier
25 note Pell Street organ – Dave Deakin (Sunday only)
25 note Pell paper roll hand turned organ – Brian Rapley (Sunday only)
22 note Trueman hand turned organ – Anthony Hooker
20 note Castlewood Busker organ & 14 note McCarthy “Babe” – Thomas & Ian Macey(Sunday only)
20 note Pell mini organ – Dave Clothier
John Smith Universal, John Smith Senior 20 & Topsy – Terry & Margaret Pankhurst
Display of organettes and small street organs - Norman Dicker & Brian Chapman
Joining Hollycombe’s resident traditional steam powered fairground attractions for the
Fairground Weekend will be a rare 1948 Fly-O-Planes ride. One of only two surviving examples and the only one in the UK. John Morley will be presenting his Vintage Old Time Arcade with an array of vintage slot, fruit and novelty machines, Fortune Teller and What The Butler Saw complete with his
37 key Verbeeck organ. He is also bringing along his lovely 1950s Winnards train ride which is a popular attraction for children and adults alike with its authentic classic "clickety clack" as the train goes around the track. For the children there will be a visiting traditional Juvenile Dobby Horse roundabout complete with
Dean organ and a Juvenile Ark roundabout. There will be supporting fairground side shows as well as a display of fairground models, vintage fairground transport and showmans living wagons plus a gathering of traditional fair, street and dance organs.
All this plus the steam collections railways and traction engine hauled rides too!
See
http://www.hollycombe.co.uk for more details.