For enthusiasts of early banjo
harmonium for sale
I have an 1846 harmonium that needs pedals. It plays when the bellows are pulled by hand. My dad, a piano techinican, bought it. We both decided we'd better not screw it up, but offer it to someone who could fashion or find pedals for it. It's a simple pedal system, the rod from the pedal goes up and hits a wood lever. All the keys and everything else is intact. There are scratches on the wood but nothing serious. The original finish is VERY good. The photo is NOT the harmonium I have, but it's the same model. I just rushed to my computer to let everyone know. I'll be posting photos of it soon. It would fit easily into a minivan or car trunk. I'm not looking to make a killing on it. I just want it to go to a nice home. Write to my inbox please. Apparently, this harmonium is rare, was one of the best and, according to sources on the web, are 'museum quality.' It's "Geo. A. Prince & Co. from 1846. No. 43383, Buffalo NY." This company was in biz from '40 to 71' and made top of the line harmoniums, which went out of fashion after the Civil War when pianos were made more affordable.
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Comment by razyn on December 17, 2012 at 11:01am
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You might be interested in this article, if you haven't seen it:
http://wnyheritagepress.org/features/melodeon.html
Somewhere down in the text it mentions a book by Gellerman, 1973. I was acquainted with him when it was published, he lived in McLean VA and we were in Arlington then. Anyway I have a copy of it, and some other melodeon and reed organ literature analagous to the old banjo instructors. Haven't been interested in melodeons for a long time, but I have a portable one in its original box (the way it was manufactured). The old bellows are really cranky, especially when they worked by compression rather than vacuum. There are always air leaks, the wood has dried for a century and more and tends to have cracks, and any flexible parts of the bellows have long been too brittle for use. So they have the reputation of being wheezy. I expect a new one sounded pretty tight.
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Comment by Bell Banjos on December 17, 2012 at 3:52pm
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Thanks Razyn.
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