8th Biennial
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Special Displays and Demonstrations . . .
Meet Rick Alabaster & Marvel at the Australia Fair
Concert Street Organ
Rick
Alabster
bills
himself
as
Australia’s
only
gaviman.
He’s
the
proprietor
and
tender
of
the
Australia
Fair
Grand
Concert
Street
Organ
which
is
said
to
be
the
finest
organ
of
its
type
ever to come to Australia.
The
organ
was
built
in
Antwerp
by
Verbeeck.
The
lovely
old-
style
organ,
or
Gavioli,
comes
straight
out
of
a
carnival
fantasy.
It’s
about
three
metres
high
and
contains
442
wooden
and
brass
pipes
along
with
bells,
woodblocks
and
animated figures.
The
music
played
by
the
organ
is
encoded
on
a
long
ribbon
of
cards,
which
have
holes
punched
into
them
in
the
same
manner
as
a
pianola
roll.
The
puff
for
instrument
is
supplied
by a hearty set of electric bellows.
