Is that a pump organ? Tell us about it please!
Yup, KC, that is a pump organ.
And it is still sitting downstairs where it was photographed like 25 or so years ago with the “green” Santa still perched up on the right corner.
Violet knew the family that owned the organ back when she was in her teens. And the man who owned it hired a man named Beamer to do some work. And with no money to pay him, he gave him the organ.
And now “fast forward” to mid-1990’s, we got a call from a lady wanting to sell some Carnival glass. And her name was Beamer, and she had that organ, …… and Violet decided she wasn’t coming home without it and it came home with us. And to make this long story short, ….. I took it apart, refurbished it, refinished it, and there it has been sitting ever since. And “YES”, it still works ….. except for 1 or 2 of those “pull” knobs above the keyboard.
Violet’s “memories”, ya know.
I’ll post pictures of a couple more of her “memories” that you and Mart will surely like.
Sam
