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Why Is The Seraphone Named A Seraphone?
By Piet den Uil

Dear sir,

I know what a seraphone is a table mechanical reed instrument. I saw one on YouTube.

However, I am interested in this etymological question: Why is the seraphone
named a seraphone? Why: sera?  A reed organ stop is also in several
instruments named: seraphone. Why? For instance by reed organs Mason and
Hamlin in the States, but also in East Europe by Petrov in Hungary (harmoniums 1880).

Can you help me? Perhaps a reference to the primitive reed organ in England about
1830: the Royal Seraphin?  But in that case envision my question about 1830: why sera?

Thank you very much!

Piet den Uil (1954, organist, choir conductor, researcher and publicist in music)
Oud-Alblas (16 km from Rotterdam)
Holland 


(Message sent Wed 10 Jul 2019, 20:30:12 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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