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Gulbransen Bottle Organby QRS Music Technologies, Inc.
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Features
- Real Beer Bottles
- Keyboard Included
- MIDI Technology
- Plays QRS Pianomation CD's
- Natural Cherry Finish
Product Description
The Bottle Organ is a real showstopper! It plays by blowing across the tops of real beer bottles, which are tuned via oil that is placed inside the bottles. The music is so lovable! Driven by contemporary MIDI technology, the Bottle Organ is ideal for pubs and restaurants with a reputation for fun, where the past is respected, and where patrons appreciate the rare and unusual. Custom fabrication assures quality of the highest standard.Reviews
An unexpected delight!!I bought this thinking it was a storage cabinet for beer bottle collections, but boy was I surprised!! This thing plays music, and you don't even need a degree from Bob Jones University to operate it! I had to move my 2 month old son to a blanket on the floor so I could use his crib to store my beer bottles, but it was well worth it. Thank you Amazon dot com for this wonderful find!
No wait one minuteIt's the best deal on this site. YOU'RE SAVING 6100 DOLLARS.
strangeThis is the strangest thing I've ever seen on any website.So I thought I should get it[and I did].I think it's a musical masterpiece [except for when the bottles break].My 6 little children already broken 4 of the bottles and I can't find anything to replace them.I think it would be better if I didn't have 6 little children running around the house.
BOTTOM LINE: great for people who don't have 6 little children.Who are always running around the house breaking the new 15 grand fountain that I just got
This organ saved my familyWhen my father came down with liver disease in 04 it was a severe blow to our family. My father was an avid alcoholic for 45 years but somehow managed to hold two jobs and provide for our family. After the death of our mother (she was beaten to death by someone outside a bar, the man remains elusive to this day) I tasted my first beer. At the ripe age of 13 I began my trip into the wonderful world of beer. My father and I would drink beer every weekend and just get smashed.
Sadly, my father passed away two months ago. His last dying wish was that I purchase this organ and pursue my passion for music. He left me 30,000 dollars in inheritence money with the specific instructions to buy this immediatley.
I have now been practicing and am moving to New York next week. I want to start a play on broadway.
I miss you pop!
WHAT A BARGINThe $29,000 price tag seemed to be a little much. I deperately wanted my own bottle organ, but not at such an outrageous price! When I saw the price had been dropped to $21,900, I knew my prayers had been answered. FINALLY! A quality bottle organ at an affordable price. I ordered and had the organ delivered to my house (next-day shipping). I felt like I had won the lottery.
Now I know everyone has dreamed of owning a bottle organ at least once in their life. It doesn't even seem fair for me to take the grand prize, but I did. Feeling somewhat guilty, I decided to share the gift with my family. My daughter is in 4th grade. Her class is picking out instruments for band this year. I thought I would give the music department a treat and let her bring in the bottle organ. It fit on the bus and everything! We have a forklift carry it out to the bus in the morning and load it on the back. The forklift then follows the bus to school and unloads it. She is basically the star of band class.
Overall, the bottle organ was probably the best investment of my life. A true bargin.
Wild stuffThis has to be the weirdest item I have seen on Amazon. No, I don't own it, but it gets 5 stars just for existing. I did a little searching around on this and here's the story of the bottle organ:
"The story stretches back to 1798, on the island of Helgoland (formerly Danish territory, now German) whose church congregation were tired of paying for an organ tuner to sail out every month to tune the church organ. The pastor, who was tired of hearing the complaints, subsequently commissioned an ex-mercenary soldier/organ builder from Eisleben, (later East Germany) called Johann Samuel Kühlewein, to build an organ which would not go out of tune due to changes in temperature or weather conditions. Kühlewein thought about it for a while and decided to build an organ using bottles instead of standard organ pipes and using sealing wax to fine tune the bottles. This organ spent a long life on the island until it became depopulated in the late 1800s and the organ fell into disrepair."
Clearly this is a one of kind item and is competely handmade, hence the high price.
From: http://www.petersontuners.com/news/bbo/index.cfm