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For Tom Grace:  I think the Imhof that used to be at Blackpool
Tower was at a Birmingham museum, as per the following web site:
http://www.theblackpooltower.co.uk/facts.htm

  "4. An orchestrion was installed at the entrance of the aquarium
  to attract the public into the building. The orchestrion worked
  on the principle of a large barrel organ and was originally powered
  by weights, similar to a grandfather clock. It is now displayed
  in a Birmingham museum."

Regards
Mark Jefford

 [ At http://www.draaiorgel.org/english/articles/Imhof%20en%20Mukle,%20Engels.htm
 [ is a history, entitled "Imhof & Mukle, Orchestrion builders",
 [ by Hendrik H. Strengers.  The article says the English firm Imhof
 [ and Mukle (also spelled Muckle) was founded in 1852 by Daniel
 [ Imhof and Leopold Mukle.  An Imhof & Mukle orchestrion with
 [ 350 pipes was built in Vöhrenbach in 1879 for the Blackpool
 [ Aquarium in London.  In 1910 it was rebuilt to play paper rolls
 [ (108 keyless), and in 1956 it was moved to the Birmingham Museum
 [ of Science and Industry.
 [
 [ Originally published in "Het Pierement", jaargang 47 nummer 3,
 [ juli 2000, page 132.  Other interesting articles in English are
 [ offered at http://www.draaiorgel.org/english/index.htm
 [
 [ The recent discovery of Daniel Imhof's grave is recounted at
 [ http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/misc/print.php?artid=579043
 [ -- Robbie