Giant Fairground Organ plays The Marble Machine Song

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- This 105 year old organ has an implemented MIDI system and can play the Marble Machine Song!
This was a big surprise to me when i came to Speelklok Museum so a special Thanks To Joost Oheler and Lois Tonen for making this great arrangement of the Marble Machine song for the Schuyt.

The Schuyt dance organ was originally two organs built in 1913 by Mortier in Belgium. 16 Years later it was rebuilt by Carl Frei in the Netherlands. Carl who was an organ builder and early adopter of the upcycling trend used the two Mortier organs and rebuilt them into the one Schuyt.

The front of this organ have been replaced three times and after the second world war it was installed in a fairground steam carousel. So like a Phoenix, The 100 year old Schuyt Dance Organ have survived several transformations before it could play the Marble Machine Song for us today.

Name: De Schuyt
Type of Instrument: dance organ
Year Built: 1913
Maker: Fa. Th. Mortier
Place of Manufacture: Antwerp, Belgium
Rebuilt in 1929 by Carl Frei, Breda, The Netherlands

“Marble Machine” Song Composed By Martin Molin
Arranged By: Joost Oehler and Lois Tonen
Sound Recorded by Joost Oehler and Justin Nan

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Video Made by Martin Molin & Hannes Trainerds Knutsson

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Guides from Speelklok Museum:
Joost Oehler & Lois Tonen

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[lotte]

This tune never fails to make me smile

[feryth]

Wow, this makes Marble Machine sound so grand

[avir]

Success is a funny thing. Most of the time it is measured in terms of profits, how much money did you make. But when you write a piece of music, or paint a vision, or take an amazing photograph, and it is appreciated by so many people, and in the case of a piece of music like this it is replicated and performed a hundred different ways, that too is surely success. Inspiring others to create something special is a wonderful accomplishment.

[coastersplus]

I bet the people in 1913 would be really confused about that song.

[Le_Codex]

Could fit so well into a RPG, like in a travel scene or the credits. Maybe because it's sounds so grand.

[STAG]

What an honour to have your music played on such a grand old lady. That's a real goosebumps moment! =)

[mogyman]

All these vids: 200k views
ANYTHING RELATED TO THE MARBLE MACHINE AND BUILDING IT: 20 Million views

[feg_]

i still love your music
no matter what instrument it is played on

[Erzahler]

A perfect example that shows the pipe organ is still very much alive and well. To this day, the pipe organ remains the King of Instruments! 🎼🎵🎶🎹

[family_friendly_content]

The energy and vibe Wintergatan and their "accomplices" give off is always amazing!

Please captivate the world even more with your magic!

[georgebeard]

this should be the song to play when you unveil the marble machine X

[MaciejTrebacz]

Wow, just wow. It must've been amazing hearing your song played on this machine.

[dilawarhussain]

Imagine 80 years ago you were going to the circus and you hear this playing, everyone starts dancing to it, the scene seems so happy.

[joshpayne]

LOL, the last time I was at this museum they had this grand machine programmed to play "Happy" by Pharrell Williams (through a MIDI interface, I think). We were told in the tour that the final "clank" with the cybals is a confirmation that the machine has shut down.

[cxarli]

I was totally surprised to hear this wonderful old machine start playing the Marble Machine song! I'm sitting in a cafe and I just finished my dinner and all of a sudden I clapped my hands with delight and started grinning like a fool and everyone is looking at me. And I don't care! 🎵 😄🎶

[lo-firobotboy]

This makes me happy!!

I have a 600-pipe organ that I salvaged from an old church. The console was built in 1922. The pipes and other components were sourced from around the world and date from 1918 to 1989. I'm hopping to reassemble it in such a way that it can be played manually OR via MIDI. "Marble Machine" will definitely be one of the first tracks programmed into it's memory banks.

Cheers!

[NerdInTangelo]

Hundred years later, people will still be talking about your creation, study your project like you're doing. So proud I live in your century.

[StaxRail]

You should get in touch with the owners of Victory, the largest travelling organ in the world! If it can play Bohemian Rhapsody, it can play this superbly!

[mastermavrick]

Talk about needing a double take when you hear vs see what is being played. Well done Speelkok Museum.

[anjasellmeijer]

Amazing, Joost and Lois. So we could hear the marble song at museum de speelklok, great.😘