harmonium – The Artsy Honker

Please can I keep it? It followed me home…

Byartsyhonker November 25, 2011 4 Comments

I was feeling a little unfocused and restless yesterday so decided to go for a walk after lunch.I wandered past the charity shop on Leytonstone High Road, as I sometimes do, and decided to have a peek inside.I came home with a musical instrument. This is why I shouldn't be allowed out of the house unsupervised...At first glance, it just looks like a box.A box with strange protrusions and...

St Albans Organ Theatre and various other sundries

Byartsyhonker August 22, 2010 0 Comments

This afternoon, N and I went to the St Albans Organ Theatre, a marvelous museum of various instruments. There were a number of instruments, from tabletop music boxes and cob organs to two impressive theatre organs and four mechanical, "self-playing" organs -- like player pianos but much larger. There were also some player pianos; I don't think I've seen one in action before. Possibly my favourite...