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JusJoJan 18/26 – Organ

This post is part of Just Jot it January, and the prompt word, “organ,” is brought to us by Kaye. Check out her blog here!

Okay, so here’s something I haven’t thought about in ages.

When I was a kid, I had a Magnus mini chord organ that I absolutely loved, though I think I only learned to play about four songs on it.

I’ve always been in love with the idea of being able to play music.

But it’s an aptitude I’ve never mastered.

Anyway, I Googled small organs to try to find the one I had, but none were immediately identifiable enough to point and say “it was that one.”

The depressing part was the fact that all the ones that might have been the same as mine on Ebay are described as vintage.

Nothing like the “v” word to make you feel old.

This wordy reminiscence is part of Just Jot it January! Want to join in? Just click here to get to the prompt and drop your link in the comments. It’s fun!

Thanks again to Kaye for today’s prompt!


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Xylophone

I have nothing to say about xylophones except that I remember wanting one as a child. To me, they were like pianos you could bash with a hammer. Which was probably why when I got one, it broke. It had keys (do you call them keys? let me look it up … oooh, I learned something new) bars made of rainbow-coloured pieces of metal that eventually sounded less melodic than if I’d had a series of tin cans lined up.

What did I learn? I learned a xylophone has wooden keys and the ones with metal keys are glockenspiels. So there you go: I’ve never owned a xylophone.

I feel like my whole childhood was a lie now. Thanks Wikipedia.