Over the years I have read and collected many books on the subject of restoring and researching the inner mechanics of mechanical musical organs. One of my all-time favorites that I always go back to for referencing mechanical organs is none other than ‘’Waldkirch and Street Fairground Organs’’.
This book consists of pages filled with many wonderful pictures of various organs as well as many wonderful diagrams showing the interior mechanisms of various machines. The descriptions to the pictures are very easy to understand and give a very nice insight on the inner workings of mechanical organs.
This book highlights some very useful information to the enthusiast such as terminology on various pipe pieces and explaining different parts of mechanical organs. The book also contains a nice sized variety of organ scales for various sized organs as well as a good insight on the history of these instruments.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about antique mechanical musical. Out of a scale of ten I would place it at the solid ten out of ten.
This book can be purchased through AC Pilmer’s website: Waldkirch Street and Fairground Organs | A C Pilmer Automatic Music Ltd
Dylan N. Hallman
