Stereo Field-recording of a kermis organ in a small German town while a funfair. The recorded selfplaying organ machine was build in 1904 by a Bavarian organ builder. It works with folded papers that have holes to code the music. Outside you see a barocklike design with angels drumming and a moving conductor in the middle etc. Each musical play has always about 6 to 12 music tracks. The music are folksongs or popular music at the beginning of the 20th century. I separated the tracks by cutting and converted them from wav to mp3. The first part of this track I named "Promenade". The second part (where the rhythm changes) has the title "Gluehwuermchen". Its a folksong about a little beetle that glows with its bottom in the dark.

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  miskatqinan 1 year, 3 months ago

  Hi there!

  Excellent soundbite.

  I used it to illustrate this story: http://cowbird.com/author/837/story/9540
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  FreyaB 1 year, 11 months ago

  excellent - thank you
  
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  milton. 3 years, 10 months ago

  it remines me of a old theater organ located in the Continental hotel, panama city republic of panama.
  in this example sound verry similar to the theater organ in panama city, grate sound.
  
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  bl33d 4 years, 1 month ago

  This sample was used in soundscape made for small exhibition in Finland.
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  daveincamas 6 years, 1 month ago

  I listen to this recording often and I love the part at the end where the little kid says "whoa".