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Author: | Dave Stubbs [ Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | Punched paper loops at Speke Hall |
I had an organ booking at Speke Hall near Liverpool this weekend and I was taken to see an interesting collection of looped paper music in their archive, which have no information associated with them. There appears to be twenty-something notes (based on a rough approximation of slot spacing), so I can only assume it would have been a keyless hand-turned organ of some kind? Does anyone know what these are and what would they have been played on? I can only assume that it is some form of early Karaoke (heaven forbid!), where a verse is played in a loop for people to sing along with! The music is about 5 and a half inches wide (138mm).
File comment: The collection in the Speke Hall archive
File comment: One of the music loops with the title "Sun of my soul"
File comment: Close up of the title
File comment: A direction of play arrow!
File comment: The slots seem relatively large (I didn't measure them)
File comment: An extract of the list of titles. The measurements should be in millimetres and not centimetres. Music_Roll_List_1_a.gif [ 63.2 KiB | Viewed 17425 times ]
File comment: Another title list extract, with more 'modern' titles! Music_Roll_List_2_a.gif [ 33.06 KiB | Viewed 17425 times ] Photo's taken by yours truly, with the kind permission of the National Trust. Speke Hall also has a weight driven Imhof and Mukle barrel organ, which I am hoping they will send me a picture to show on here, because the hall contains a number of items owned by other collections and the copyright owners don't allow photography in the hall (even though the organ is owned by the National Trust). |
Author: | Rob Barker [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:42 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Punched paper loops at Speke Hall |
Interesting what comes up! It looks like the music belongs to a table top reed organette, where the music goes under the instrument after passing through the keyless frame. They are usually 14 notes. |
Author: | augsburger [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Punched paper loops at Speke Hall |
The paper bands pictured are for a Seraphone, made in England, and playing the same format as the popular Celestina. An endless band adapter allowed it to play these "loops" as well as rolls. A tune list may be found in the The Organette Music Repository at: http://music.organettes.com/instruments/seraphone/home Todd Augsburger todd@rollerorgans.com Roller Organs www.rollerorgans.com |
Author: | Dave Stubbs [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:12 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Punched paper loops at Speke Hall |
Hi Todd, welcome to the forum and thanks for your reply which was very useful information. Do you have a picture of the Seraphone with the adaptor that you could post on here? Best Regards Dave Stubbs (Site Admin) |
Author: | augsburger [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:29 pm ] | ||||
Post subject: | Re: Punched paper loops at Speke Hall | ||||
Here are pics of the Seraphone in my collection.
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Author: | Rob Barker [ Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:37 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Punched paper loops at Speke Hall |
Sounds like you need to sell one to Speke Hall. |
Author: | George Houghton [ Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:46 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Punched paper loops at Speke Hall |
Thanks Todd . Great pictures that solve the mystery. Armed with the information, Dave can now go back to Speke Hall in the hope that he can find the hidden Seraphone. George. |
Author: | Dave Stubbs [ Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:59 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Punched paper loops at Speke Hall |
This is a video of an organette collection, one of which shows a paper loop being played. |
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