Name This Instrument

[William Maxim]

Sy -

You wrote

>Date:	Fri, 11 Oct 1996 23:06:41 -0600
>From:	Sy Zabrocki <only4zab@imt.net>
>Sender:	owner-pianotech@byu.edu
>To:	"'Pianotech'" <pianotech@byu.edu>
>cc:	"'Sy Zabrocki'" <only4zab@imt.net>
>Subject:	Name This Instrument
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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
>
> possible please.
>
>Sy Zabrocki
>
It is a reed organ.  I have serviced (cleaned, repaired, etc) two
of them over the years.  One was made by Cornish, and I can't
remember the other.  I will forward your request to the Reed Organ
Society and see what I come up with.

Bill Maxim, RPT