Gavioli
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History
Gavioli was founded in 1806 in Cavezzo, Italy, by Giacomo Gavioli (1786–1875). Giacamo's hobby was the development of automatic playing musical instruments like bird organs and flute clocks. In 1818, he moved to Modena, where he repaired Carillons and Tower Clocks. His son Lodovico Gavioli (1807–1875) was a very clever inventor; he built a large orchestrion organ the "Panharmonico" for the Duke of Modena, who refused to buy the instrument. Ludovico then took it to London and Paris. Additionally, he designed and build the Modena's Palazzo comunale, the city hall. In 1845 Ludovico moved the business to the trade capital of the organ trade, Paris, France. From 1858 on he started his own organ building company in the Rue d'Aligre. Ludovico had three sons: Anselme, Henry and Claude.[2]
Each contributed to the business, but it is Anselme Gavioli (1828-1902) whose name is remembered. In 1878 he invented the frein, a piece of metal that allowed pipes to produce a sound similar to a
After Anselmo's death in 1902 the business passed to Anselme's son Ludivico II. Then the business took a series of tragic circumstances. Gavioli ceased making organs in 1912 and the remainder of the business was transferred to Limonaire Frères of Paris. Afterwards, a number of their engineers went on to build their own organ companies, including Carl Frei.
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Gallery
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A 65 Key Gavioli Dance Organ in the Museum Speelklok
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White's Mammoth Gavioli Organ, an historic organ originally from Barry Island Pleasure Park, Wales[6]
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An earlier style of organ, playing form a pinned barrel.
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An example of a pinned barrel
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Book music and reader from a Gavioli organ
References
- ^ "Gavioli Concert Orchestrion". Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ^ Orgelbouwers UK Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Life of Guangzhou - Brief Introduction of Automatic Musical Instruments". www.lifeofguangzhou.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
- ^ "Fairground Follies - Antique Mechanical Music Museum - Sydney". www.fairgroundfollies.com. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
- ISBN 0-9705951-0-7.
- ^ Angel, Paul (January 1978). "Gavioli—Musical Giants" (PDF). A Century of Tobers. Vol. 1, no. 2. Disley, England. p. 15.