MUSIC FROM OLD TINS.
AGED CARPENTER'S MELODIES.
WORLD'S QUAINTEST ORGAN. In a lonely farmstead at Fylingdales, about six miles from Whitby, Yorkshire, there is perhaps the most unique place of worship and the quaintest organ in the world. It is the " workshop-shrine " of Mr. Thomas yixon, a 70-year-old moorland carpenter, and services are held there every Sunday during the summer. In building the organ Mr. Dixon spent the whole of his spare time during 20 years, and among the articles used in its construction are: Scores of treacle, mustard and cocoa tins; yards of brown paper and wood of all description.
Every Sunday Mr. Dixon plays on his " home-made " organ and congregations have been amazed at the rich tones he gets. Mr. Dixon - states that at the ago of 12 ho made his first piano. The 15 keys on the board ho said were made from bones off the family joint. Mr Dixon has a visitors' book in which there are the names of over 1200 people who have journeyed from Whitby and Scarborough to sec his work.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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178MUSIC FROM OLD TINS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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