The owner of the attraction tried with many resources the attention of the fair visitors to draw on their business in order to eventually move to just visit their establishments. The most important means in this case was the "show before the show", the "Parade" on the podium in front of the booth, with the eloquent praises of the rush hour and samples from the performance. In addition, numerous acoustic means were used, which provided in its variety and diversity for a very interesting sound in the "shack alleys" scents ...
Smaller booths was at least strong cut "on the drum" and the rush hour supported his presentation by vigorous ringing his bell. Larger display positions led small ensembles, and during the parade, brass and percussion instruments dominated. The musicians came mainly from Bohemia and the Palatinate - often drawn from the area around the village Mackenbach, so that was called by showmen and circuses committed musicians in the jargon of travelers' Mackenbacher. ( http://www.musikantenmuseum.de/Musikantentum.htm ) But it was also quite common for local musicians to engage the duration of the fair. The bands played on the parade and followed the ideas of menageries Liliputanershows, magicians and carnival vaudeville.
were the end, the number of noisy fairground organs, the whole orchestra could mimic to attract a way the public. These organs were with her exuberant Baroque fair and moving figures also an attractive focal point and were therefore always placed in a prominent place in the façade. Especially cinematography and Panoptic often have particularly impressive organs. As the center of organ building Waldkirch im Breisgau gained great popularity. Many of the companies produced primarily by the Ruth and brother fairground organs have been owned by generations of old fairground families and are nostalgic pieces of jewelry in the hustle and bustle of our day at the amusement park.
also present a number of collectors and museums, the old treasures in mint working condition and often. The pictured Ruth organ from the estate of Ruud Vader is the specimen which in the photograph of the early 20th Liliputanerbude Century can be seen. It was delivered in 1907 and later sonicated a crinoline and a small Ferris wheel, a so-called "Russian swing".
(The information on the history of the organ and the color photo comes from Ruud Vader, the old picture is from my collection.)
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