MUSIC FROM OLD TINS

Grey River Argus, 6 September 1930, Page 9

MUSIC FROM OLD TINS

. AGED CARPENTER’S MELODIES. ! i . WORLD’S QUAINTEST ORGAN. ( In a lonely farmstead at Fylingdalos, j about six miles from Whet by, York-i shire, there is perhaps the most unique place of worship and the quaintest or- . gan in the world. It is the “ workshop | shrine” of Mr Thomas Dixon, a 70-j year-old moorland carpenter, and ser- > •vices are held there every Saturday dur-« . ing the summer. t 1 In building the organ. Mr Dixon } spent the whole of his spare time dur- { ing 20 years, and among the articles j used in its construction are: Scores of* treacle, mustard and cocoa tins; yards of brown paper and wood of all des- ‘ criptions. | . Every Sunday Air Dixon plays on his I “home-made” organ and congregations | have been amazed at the rich tones be I | gets. | ; Mr Dixon states that at the age of? ‘l2 he made his first piano. The 15 keys on the board he said were made* from the bones off the family joint. ’f Air Dixon has a visitors’ book in which are the names of over 1200 peo- j pie who have journeyed from Whitby < and Scarborough to see his work. x