Het Blauwtje

Het Blauwtje is a 52 Key Verbeeck Street Organ (Originally a 49 Key Marenghi when it was first built) that is now owned by James Dundon of the UK since 2011. Considering being rebuilt twice, it has an interesting history.

History: In the 1920's, Charles Marenghi built a 49 Key Marenghi called Het Blauwtje. Later, in the 1930's, Carl Frei made a new pipework called the Bourbon Pipe, and many Organs were rebuilt to the 52 Key Scale, one of them being Het Blauwtje. Later in the 1980's, Johnny Verbeeck severely rebuilt Het Blauwtje, and it appeared the organ had next to nothing original left, but it still had it's original Marenghi Carvings. In 2011, James Dundon bought the organ, and imported it to the UK, and it is now owned by him to this day.