There are Piano Cased Reed Organs which commonly have the same range as a Piano so they can cover any Piano Sheet music. Some Reed Organs have Bass Pedals which means you can play them like a Pipe Organ. Lehr was known for their Piano Cased Reed Organs.
I really appreciate the effort you went through to produce these reed organ tutorials and information. I'm looking forward to Chapter 6! My wife just found an old reed organ in need of restoration at a rummage sale which she purchased to save it from being parted out. It's a Mason & Hamlin single manual with 10 stops, but I'm not sure of the model number. This is my first exposure to one of these. I found a stamp inside the back imprinted on the deck: 230, with 5067 imprinted below that. Is this a model number? I've not been able to find any info so far, nor any pictures online that look exactly like this reed organ. I've dove head first into this thing and have feverishly been learning all I can about these instruments over the last couple of weeks. This organ needs extensive reservoir (and maybe bellows) restoration which I assume I need to effect before I can determine the condition of the rest of the instrument. Thanks again!
If you post pics of your M & H to the Harmonium Lovers group on Facebook, they may be able to tell you the model and year, and the Reed Organ Tech group can help you with restoration and maintenance.
WAW ! I dream about making the same video about the only belgian reed organ museum. It will come, I promise ! It was a dream also to see your video ! Thanks a million times ! Bob.
@elapid66 - This is one of the very few museums i know of where you are encouraged to play with the exhibits, as long as you have keyboard skills you can play them :)
@Garselo - I don't think there are Blatchford (Galt) organs there. There would good chance that there would be an organ there that would be similar to the one you remember, there are just so many.
