One of my customers has an unusual instrument. I promised him I would = use this media to at least find out it's proper name.=20 It looks just like an old upright piano but it is an organ. The name on = the fallboard is Sears & Roebuck. The cabinet is mahogany with some = flower type designs in the music board. It has 88 keys. The left right = pedals are actually treadles and the middle pedal is a coupler. There = are three stops which pull out like an old reed organ. There are = probably three or four sets of reeds. It still plays quite well.=20 This is about the third one of these I've found down through the years. = I've seen a couple also that looked like an small old square grand. I = thought there was a name like "manualo" or something similar for these = instruments.=20 Naturally this owner is curious if there is antique value. He would like = any information that might be out there in musicland. Help us out on the name if possible please. Sy Zabrocki
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