How it looked when I bought it |
A couple of years ago I spotted one on eBay that was being
sold down in Bournmouth. It was in good condition, sold looking and had the
sort of intricacy in the front that I was looking for. It wasn't painted at all
well and had an awful figure in the centre, but it had potential so I decided
to put in a bid and I got it!
Totally renovated! |
Once I had got it back home I approached my good friend and
excellent wood carver, puppet maker, ingenious creator and all over amazing individual
Ted Beresford. I went over my ideas with Ted and explained the sort of thing I
was after. I explained I needed some speakers added and the ability to hook up
and MP3 to them, I would like a new figure in the front with a circus theme (a
Ringmaster conductor perhaps?) and if possible some lights around the inside
edge. Yes I know I wasn't asking for much, but this is Ted and I am always so
confident with him and what he does that I wanted to make sure I covered everything! A few weeks passed and I got the call from Ted to pop over
and have a look at what I thought so far. I knew I wouldn't be disappointed but
I never dreamt how good it would look.
Ted and Charlotte in front of the renovated Fairground Organ |
Ted had given it a total overhaul
repainting it, carving a wonderful ringmaster conductor for the front complete
with working arm, added fairy lights all the way around, speakers and an amp
and even hooked up a microphone! It was superb. I brought it home and couldn't stop looking at it! Hooked up my MP3 and got it going with some fairground
Organ tunes and it looked and sounded superb.
Now on top of renovating the fairground organ so perfectly Ted
also offered to make a cart for it to be pushed along on, so that week I went
to a reclamation yard and bought some old cart wheels, gave Ted an idea of the
sort of cart I was after, though as always with Ted he added his own
suggestions and improved on my ideas immensely. Adding a handle for pulling or
pushing that can be pulled out from the cart and then stored away again when in
use, and storage space within the cart if required. Ted and his son created a
special spindle for the wheels and fixed it all up so that it works perfectly.
It looks superb and I couldn't have hoped for anything better. I can’t thank
Ted enough! But Thank you Ted – you’re amazing!
It went from this to this.....thank you Ted! |
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