Hohner organola
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boxplayer4000
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jularbo: Are pictures possible of your Organola?
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Wow, a Hohner Organola is not well known, but there are models that come from the late 20's up to the late 60's if I recall.
Wow, a Hohner Organola is not well known, but there are models that come from the late 20's up to the late 60's if I recall.
I have a Hohner Organola I bought? (£10) as a basket case purely because it came in a nice case.
It is marked on the master bar "Made in Germany 1935.
It is marked on the master bar "Made in Germany 1935.
boxplayer4000
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Pipemajor: Nice looking box. Probably a disaster inside (unless it's had attention?) but quality I find hard to resist.
We haven't seen jularbo's Organola yet.
We haven't seen jularbo's Organola yet.
I dont play PA so I haven't bothered to open it up but most of the bass buttons are sunk. I only bought it for the nice case (Skyway) it was in.
If I can get a "round tuit" I might have a look inside one day
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It looks like a late 30s maybe 40s box to me, although the grill pattern is not one I've seen before. The two palm couplers are nice; they give you a bit more variety compared to the usual single coupler you get on pre-war instruments. I have a smelly but lovely old Frontalini Odeon, tuned LMMM, with one palm coupler that brings in the low reed and one that brings in the two outer middle reeds. The true middle reed plays constantly. I imagine that's a similar setup to this Organola. Does it have a coupler on the bass as well?
