The Cotton Mechanical Music Museum [2012 video guide]
The Cotton Mechanical Music Museum at Cotton, nr Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK is a rare collection of musical gems from a time when music was produced without digital technology. The collection includes player pianos, music boxes, barrel, fairground and cafe dance organs, plus a mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ.
The collection, which also contains an enormous amount of music memorabilia and musical oddities, is open to the general public each year every Sunday afternoon from late May till early October. Visitors enjoy a guided tour, with demonstrations of various working originals, a concert featuring the Wurlitzer organ, plus music played on the fairground organs. Private group bookings can also be made for clubs and societies...
For more information visit the museums' website - MechnicalMusicMuseum.co.uk
Cotton Mechanical Music Museum
Some photos and video taken during an afternoon visit to the museum.
Organist: Tom Horton -
With kind permission of the Curator - Cotton Mechanical Music Museum
The Cotton Wurlitzer cinema organ
A short guided tour of the 2 manual, 11 rank Wurtlizer organ installed at the Cotton Mechanical Music Museum, Cotton, nr Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.
Presented by organist Tom Horton...
The organ is featured as part of two guided tours for visitors of the public to the museum every Sunday afternoon from the end of May to the end Septmeber each year. More details can be found on the music museum website - mechanicalmusicmuseum.co.uk
A visit to the Mechanical Music Museum in Northleach
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Demonstrations of 18th- and 19th-century self-playing musical instruments including pianos, a music box and a polyphon.
A lovely surprise at the end. A human touch is always the best.
Wurlitzer Theatre Organ Performance
British Theatre Organist Tom Horton plays 'On A Wonderful Day Like Today' on the 2/11 Wurlitzer theatre organ formerly of Cotton Mechanical Music Museum, Cotton, Suffolk, U.K.
This track comes from Tom's audio CD album 'Strike Up The Band' which, if you wish, you can order here:
From 2018 on wards the music museum will relocate to The Grange Musical Collection to form one of the biggest mechanical music collections in the UK! The Wurlitzer will eventually join several other pipe organs including a 3/5 Compton theatre organ, plus fairground organs, music boxes and much more!
Open from 2018 to the public on the 1st Sunday of the month from May-December.
Tom will feature at the Compton theatre organ during May, July, October and November 2018 open days. For full details please visit:
All images and audio © Tom Horton 2013
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