Customer Reviews

Holland Folk Song on Barrel organ

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I love old European mechanical street and dance organs but I'm very picky about paying money for recordings of these. That's because 1.) They're often poorly /amateurishly recorded and 2.) The organs are in improper working order and/or out of tune.

These organs are magnificent to see and listen to and there's no excuse for recording a poorly maintained machine.

This is an extremely high quality CD of an exceptional machine, the "De Kei" organ, which is in top condition on this recording. Furthermore, the musical program is beautiful with rarely-heard songs (in the U.S.) and not the schmaltzy tunes you so often hear, particularly on American Wurlitzer carousel organ recordings.

So far, this is my favorite CD of any mechanical street organ. It's a shame there aren't more CD's offered in the U.S. of similar European machines like the Freis, Gaviolis and Mortiers playing European songs.

Highly recommended.

I like this kind of music sound, very much. Also I like the melodies from Holland and some other countries in Europe like Italy, Spain, France, etc.