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Long forgotten REED ORGAN...........

jhnbrbr

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The makers of those instruments were very ingenious at making a little go a long way. For example, you might find ten draw-knobs on an instrument with only one and a half ranks of reeds!
 
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jvhldb

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jhnbrbr said:
The makers of those instruments were very ingenious at making a little go a long way. For example, you might find ten draw-knobs on an instrument with only one and a half ranks of reeds!
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Ouch!!:) I guess with 10 stop pulled you will have to pedal so fast your feet will only be a blur. Incedentally I still find it a strange experiance, pumping the bellows at 2000 strokes per minute while playing something SLOW.:p Needles to say, I gave up my gym membership since I started practising on the harmonium.
 

Pierre Smit

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i still have a very distinguished reed organ in my house dating arround the late 1800's. Still in perfetct working order. It has only one manual but is a beauty in sound and a titan in reliability. It is played on a daily basis and kept running smoothly.
 

dll927

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Methodist Girl -- two questions:

1) Why look at something like that in an antique store? They charge the national debt for anything that even resembles furniture.

2) Where would you find a NEW Hammond? I thought they went dinosaur long ago.
 

Robert Bell

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Reed Organ Museum

There is a very fine Reed Organ Museum in Saltaire near Bradford in England which is open after Easter. So visit Pam and Phil Fluke's Harmonium and Reed Organ Museum in Victoria Hall. This is probably the finest collection of these instruments in the world and they also have a fine Wurlitzer Organ. Open Sunday -Thursday 11.00 - 16.00. Details: tel:01274 585601(after 18.00) mobile:0976 535980

In New Zealand there is a Music Museum on Waiheke Island in Auckland Harbour Details http://www.musical-museum.org/show.htm


 
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