To be perfectly honest, there isn’t much of a connection between my upcoming trip and this video, but isn’t it cool? A very talented family! I wonder what the carrying case for the marimba looks like?
A must see place but a little off the main road, in Columbus IN. <a href=”http://www.zaharakos.com”>Http://www.zaharakos.com</a>
It started in 1900 and looks and works pretty much the way it did then, though a lot has happened in between.
Here’s Callie next to their Welte Cottage Orchestrion
Here’s our waitress, she was great. The food is good, and all the ice cream is made in the store.
Callie had a good time, I think…
Did I mention the ice cream is great and made fresh in the store?
Here’s a quick video of the N-W in it’s fully restored splendor. Ed did a bang-up job as only he can. It’s now safely loaded on the truck, to hopefully get home in one piece.
I really appreciate Eds unmatched craftsmanship and his appreciation for restoring to like new without embellishing or losing the character of the original piece. He has a real instinct for doing that perfectly.
Rusty has some cool stuff, and he’s gracious about playing it. Here is a Wurlitzer piano that is practically one of a kind, and I tried to focus on the wonderful mechanical roll changer. More about this later….
Rusty has a cool old Link 2B. These are scarce, and it’s a treat to hear one. If you have an ear for history, you might remember that Link flight trainers helped win the war. Yep, same Link!
Some of my oldest friends who are now nursing bad backs will be glad they missed this, but Rusty and his good neighbors Joe and Harold made short work of loading this beast in the truck.
Here’s the aftermath: