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  • Decap Antwerp "Apollonia" dance organ (1950),
    originally built as no. 1002 by Th. Mortier in 1926, MIM PHX
“Apollonia” dance organ (orchestrion)[1]
Antwerp, Belgium, 1926/1950
Teofiel Mortier, S.A., and Gebroeders Decap, maker
T2009.73.3

Measuring over twenty-five feet long and weighing over two tons, this dance organ was
originally manufactured in 1926 as organo no.1002 by the preeminent Antwerp firm of
Theofiel ortier, S.A.


It was remanufactured into its present
configuration by another famous Antwerp
company, Gebroeders Decap, in 1950.
The largest organs made by the Decap
brothers were often given unique names;
“Apollonia” is the female form of “Apollo,”
the Greek god of the sun and music.

During its working life, this organ was
owned by the firm Gebroeders M. & G.
Teugels, which provided organs for
the popular circuit of dance halls and


traveling shows. It remained in Teugels's
collection until the mid-1980s, when it
was imported into the United States by
an American Collector.





Technicians of J. Verbeeck of Antwerp, Belgium, regulating and tuning the organ
after its arrival at MIM, December 2009.
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Author Andrew Russeth from New York, New York
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    Decap Antwerp "Apollonia" dance organ (1950), originally built as no. 1002 by Th. Mortier (1926) - front - MIM PHX.jpg
  • Decap Antwerp "Apollonia" dance organ (1950), originally built as no. 1002 by Th. Mortier in 1926, MIM PHX.jpg
    Decap Antwerp "Apollonia" dance organ (1950), originally built as no. 1002 by Th. Mortier in 1926, MIM PHX.jpg
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  1. ↑ Joel Garry (joel_garry). Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix April 2017. Flickr.
  • Apollonia Organ #1002. Musical Instruments Museum, hlswilliwaw.com.
    "​Measuring over twenty-five feet long and weighing over two tons, this dance organ was originally manufactured in 1926 as organ no. 1002 by the preeminent Antwerp firm of Theofiel Mortier, S.A. It was remanufactured into is present configuration by another famous Antwerp company, Gebroeders Decap, in 1950. The largest organs made by the Decap brothers were often given unique names; "Apollonia" is the female form of "Apollo," the Greek god of the sun and music. "
  • Deborah Kade (2018-01-07). Musical Instrument Museum - Phoenix, Arizona. Beyond Arizona - Deborah Kade Photography (beyondarizona.com).
    "​Gebrs. DECAP "
    See images : 1, 2.
Camera location33° 40′ 04.27″ N, 111° 58′ 43.73″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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