Amaryllis Mortier Dance Organ | Music House Museum

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Music House Museum in Traverse City, Michigan. Recorded in September 2023.

The jewel of the Museum’s mechanical instrument collection is the 1922 Theofiel Mortier Dance Organ called the “Amaryllis.” The instrument was named by its builder for the flower pictured in the top most panels in his eldest daughter’s hair.

The “Amaryllis” was originally built for the Victoria Palace (a dance hall/café) in Ypres, Belgium. It was brought to the United States in 1967 and purchased from collectors in Ohio in 1982 by the Museum. It was restored by Dean Junker for the Museum’s formal opening in 1983.