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The 65-key Bruder Elite Apollo Fairground Organ was originally imported by the Berni
Organ Company, a New York importer of Gebrüder Bruder organs in 1912. It served on a
Hershell-Spillman Beer Garden carousel at Coney Island, New York until it was sent to the
BAB (Ervista Bona, Andrew Antoniazi and Dominic Brugnolotti) factory in Brooklyn, NY for
a conversion to play the 66-key BAB music roll. The restoration included the addition of 22
bronze tuned bells around the Spillman logo. The full history of the organ was published in
the COAA “Carousel Organ” June 2009. The organ attracted thousands of visitors at the Car-
ousel Plaza of the Lake Amusement area at the New York World’s Fair in 1964. In 1981, Jerry
Doring purchased the organ, which has been warehoused since from Jim Wells with a fan-
tastic original Bruder statue. In 1984 the restoration for the Apollo Organ began by the late
Louis Suierveld formerly of Norwalk, CA. It was decided to replace one of the double BAB roll
frame so the organ could play Wurlitzer 165 music rolls as well as the BAB 66-key rolls, giving
the organ an incredible range of classic and popular music. The final touch was given to the
organ by renowned restorers Hayes McClaren in Fresno and Johnny Verbeeck in Belgium
and was concluded in 2004. The outcome is an exceptional beautiful instrument of refined
tone and quality. It is in fact two organ in one, since it is able to play the 165 Wurlitzer and
the 66 BAB music rolls, giving the organ two different characters. A fantastic and rare piece
of Organ History.

65-??????????????BruderEliteOrchestraApollo????????????????????????????
Berni Organ Company, ???-???????? ?????????? ??????? Gebrüder Bruder ? 1912 ????.
?? ?????? ?? ???????? Hershell-Spillman Beer Garden ?? ???? – ??????(Coney Island),
??? - ????, ???? ?? ?? ??? ????????? ?? ????? BAB (Ervista Bona, Andrew Antoniazi
and Dominic Brugnolotti) ? ????????, ??? – ????, ? ????? ?????????????? ??? ????
?? 66-???????? ?????????? ??????? BAB. ?????????????? ???????? ?????????? 22
??????????? ????????? ????????? ?????? ???????? Spillman. ?????? ??????? ??????
???? ???????????? ? COAA «Carousel Organ» ? ???? 2009 ????. ????? ????????? ??????
??????????? ?? ??????????? ??????? ? ?????? ????? ???????????, ??? ?????????
??????? ???? ? ??? - ????? 1964 ?.
? 1981 ???? Jerry Doring ????? ?????, ??????? ? ??? ???, ? ??????????????
???????????? ??????? Bruder, ????????? ?? ??????. ? 1984 ???? ???? ?????????? ??
??????? (Louis Suierveld formerly of Norwalk), ??????????, ????? ??????????????
?????? Apollo . ???? ?????? ???????? ???? ?? ???? ???????? BAB, ????? ????? ???
?????? ?????? Wurlitzer 165, ? ????? 66-????????? ?????? BAB, ???????? ??????
??????????? ???????? ???????????? ? ?????????? ??????. ????????? ????? ??????
??? ??? ?????????? ?????????????? ?????? ??????????? (Hayes McClaren) ? ??????
? ?????? ???????? (Johnny Verbeeck) ? ???????, ? ?????? ???? ????????? ? 2004
????. ??????????? ???????? ?????????????? ?????????? ?????????? ???????????
???? ? ????????. ??? ?? ????? ???? ??? ?????? ? ?????, ??? ??? ?? ???????? ??????
??????????? ?????? 165 Wurlitzer ? 66 BAB, ???????? ?????? ??? ?????? ?????????.
?????????????? ? ?????? ????? ??????? ??????.

??65?Bruder????????????Berni?????——?????Gebrüder
Bruder???????——1912????,?????????Herschell-Spillman????
???????????,????????????BAB(Ervista Bona?Andrew Anto-
niazi?Dominic Brugnolotti)??,??????66?BAB??,???????Spillman
???????22???????????????????2009?6?COAA?“????
???”??1964?????????,??????????????????????
????1981?Jerry Doring?Jim Wells??????,??????Bruder??????
??1984?,????????????????????Louis Suierveld??,????
BAB????????,??????Wurlitzer 165??,????BAB66???,????
???????????????2004????????????????????Hayes
McClaren?????????Johnny Verbeeck,??????????????????
???????????????????????,??????Wurlitzer 165?66?BAB
????????????????????????????????

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