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Street Find: Abandoned "Piano" is an Organ
By Robert Linnstaedt

Bonnie Lurie writes:

> ...found an old piano on the street. It's
>  old and looks like a table when it's closed. The front part flips
>  back into a stand for sheet music. The insides  are really
>  weird...there's something that looks like it could fill with air
>  when you press the pedals, no strings visible. Any clues??

This instrument is a reed organ, also called "pump organ" or "parlor
organ" in everyday language.  Your description suggests it is probably
a flattop model.  This style was also called a "cabinet organ" and
would date from between c. 1855 to c. 1880.  Please see the Reed Organ
Society web page for more information. http://sponsor.globalknowledge.nl/ros/

You have found a potential treasure!

Regards,
Robert Linnstaedt
The Organ Shoppe
http://members.aol.com/Linnstaedt/organ.html     updated 6/3/99 !


(Message sent Sun 6 Jun 1999, 01:44:29 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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