30 Minutes Of Mikey Mills Arranged Ruth 36 Music

Enjoy 30 minutes of music on this beautiful and rare Ruth 36-X fairground organ owned by Gavin McDonough. This beautiful instrument, built in 1910 by the Ruth firm of Waldkirch is one of the finest German fairground organs ever built! It was a custom order by Wilhelm A. Meissner who specifically requested an animated orchestra to outshine his competitor's, previously having released patents for putting animated figures on carousels.

The organ eventually ended up in the hands of William Nunley, responsible for Nunley's Happyland in Long Island. The organ played at the park until its closing in the late 70's when it was acquired by organ restorer Gavin McDonough who has painstakingly restored the organ to beautiful original condition.

The organ was converted to Wurlitzer 165 rolls in 1948 but still retained all of it's original pipework and wind operated action. With the addition of MIDI, the organ is once again is able to play it's complete 78 key Ruth 36 scale!

These arrangements are all by Mikey Mills for the Ruth 36 scale. All of these tunes, and many more can be ordered for book or MIDI organs.