Hooghuys 77-toets Dansorgel "De Zonnebloem" uit 1914

Dit dansorgel wordt geveild door Dutch Auction Company op een grote openbare Orgel & Kermis Veiling op 27 September 2025.

Kavel nummer: 274
Startprijs (bieden start vanaf) € 34.000

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Omschrijving van dit kavel (in het Engels):

Louis Hooghuys built this dance organ in 1914 on a special order from Theophiel Versyp (from Bruges) for use in his restaurant. After Louis died in 1924 the organ was bought by his son, Charles Hooghuys, modified with an updated scale for use in a cafe Charles had bought. Three melody notes were changed to make the scale more chromatic; saxophones were added to the counter melody; and the melodeon was replaced with violin Celeste. The organ was sold again in 1931, with all-new music, for use on a fairground. Wallace McPeak imported the organ to America and it was subsequently bought by Ron Bennet from Plano, Texas. Bill Nunn wanted to expand his collection with an European organ that played book music and was referred to Ron who at that point had this organ in his possession for 40 years. Realizing that he would never restore it, he finally sold the organ to Bill.
When Bill got the organ it was partially dismantled and in very poor condition, even the keys were worn out. The entire organ needed to be thoroughly restored. After spending a week with Ted Bowman and Marc Hooghuys (the great grandson of Louis Hooghuys) in England, a plan was finalized for restoration. The organ's scale would be kept as it is enabling it to play the 600 meters of fair music. However, Bill added two more keys to the key frame, and used the swell shades close key to add the three original melody notes back to the organ, returning it to its original scale. The extra pipes were added with an off-note chest, to enable playing the 1,000 meters of original LH620 dance music that Ted had carefully saved. Ted and Marc also supplied original Hooghuys valve chests and a Hooghuys 22-note melodeon, as well as templates for other missing parts. During restoration, a historic message was found under the xylophone motors (translated from Dutch by Marc Hooghuys): "18th August 1914 War in Europe, Theo Bruylandt, Grammont; Belgium, France, England against Prussia, The German barbarians will be clobbered, Long Live Belgium." The restoration was a group effort and of all the organs Bill had worked on, in his opinion, this was built with the best craftsmanship and engineering design.
After one entire winter of chipping off the park paint from the organ facade, the beautiful artwork of Charles Soudain of Ghent was revealed, and this organ once again looked spectacular and could delight audiences. Charles was particularly good at painting flowers and it took him about a fortnight to paint the organ facade in 1914. Currently, the organ facade is in very good visual condition showing some natural wear: small to medium cracks in the wood, hairline cracks in the oil paint, and some small spots of paint loss. Hooghuys organs are known for their unique sound and also the fast action of the key frame and valves.
The organ is currently in very good playing condition working on 110V power, comes with 136 music books and features the following instrument pipes - bass, trombone, saxophone, violin, Tibia, Vox Humana, accordion reeds, flute harmonique, oboe and the following percussion instruments - xylophone, snare drum, bass drum, woodblock and cymbals. The sound can be further modified with the organ swells and tremulant. Serial no.: LH620.

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De Bill Nunn Orgel- & Kermisveiling vindt plaats op zaterdag 27 september 2025, vanaf 16:00.

LOCATIE:
Bied live in onze iconische veilingzaal in Tilburg, Nederland — Ringbaan Noord 5, onze hoofdlocatie. Of bied ter plaatse in de VS op 2825 Willow Drive, Medina, MN, waar de Bill Nunn Collectie nog steeds te bezichtigen is!

KIJKDAGEN:
25 & 26 September van 10.00 – 17.00
27 September van 10.00 – de hele dag tijdens de veiling.
Bezichtiging is mogelijk op beide locaties: Tilburg, Nederland, en Medina, VS. De kavels bevinden zich op één van deze locaties — bekijk de catalogus om te zien waar elk kavel zich bevindt.


OPENBARE VEILING! Verzamelaars en Kermis & Orgel liefhebbers OPGELET! Op 27 september 2025 presenteren wij met trots de Bill Nunn Orgel- & Kermisverzameling op een openbare veiling, samen met een breed scala aan andere bijzondere verzamelstukken. Deze uitzonderlijke veiling omvat meer dan 500 kavels waaronder orgels, draaimolens, paarden, figuren, decoratie, kermisattracties, mechanische muziekinstrumenten en een indrukwekkende collectie van meer dan 50 L'Autopède kermis attributen. Alle informatie over de veiling en het bieden vind u in de veiling catalogus of op onze website.