otsaku Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Here it is newly arrived 275 dkr including delivery sorry for the off topic post couldn't find anywhere else to put it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dunk Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Not that far off topic to be honest, lovely old free reed instrument full of (very) long scale reeds in individual brass shoes. A distant cousin of the concertina, but it looks a bit heavy to pick up and the straps are missing. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Franch Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Very nice. And a very nice concertina holder. What would be really neat is to have one made by George Jones, to hold George Jones concertinas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otsaku Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Not that far off topic to be honest, lovely old free reed instrument full of (very) long scale reeds in individual brass shoes. A distant cousin of the concertina, but it looks a bit heavy to pick up and the straps are missing. Pete. I haven't had a look inside yet, a low g is buzzing badly and the "middle" c doesn't sound. And i think the bellows might have sprung a few leaks- you have to pedal like mad to play chords and melody at the same time (damn good excercise that) - but it has a great tone and what is amazing is it sounds quiet when you are sitting at it but can be easily heard 6 metres away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I own a similar "toy" and enjoy very much playing it. Congratulations! Fills the gap between the little (more or less) boxes and that huge church organ I used to play... - just in the living room... But I'll have to work on the bellows too after kicking 'em for some ten years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 the "middle" c doesn't sound. "doesn't sound" might be a not too serious affair, as I had detected some stray grains of sand between the non-sounding reed and the reed shoe back then. Had been just a bit tricky reaching all those poor stricken reeds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otsaku Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 the "middle" c doesn't sound. "doesn't sound" might be a not too serious affair, as I had detected some stray grains of sand between the non-sounding reed and the reed shoe back then. Had been just a bit tricky reaching all those poor stricken reeds... I've had a look in the back and there was only a large box, presumably holding the bellows - so i took off the piece of wood on the front just under the keys and found a long thin box that i'm guessing holds the reeds, but with no obvious screws or latches that would aid in removal. I was going to just say heyho and live with it or rather without it but that C is needed in every tune I've tried to bash out so far. So tomorrow I'm going to see if I can find some diagrams on the net, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 ...it looks a bit heavy to pick up and the straps are missing. My own is "portable", folding into itself and with a handle to carry it. I believe it's a model once popular with the Salvation Army. Photos will have to wait a bit, though, since at the moment it's not where I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) I've had a look in the back and there was only a large box, presumably holding the bellows - so i took off the piece of wood on the front just under the keys and found a long thin box that i'm guessing holds the reeds, but with no obvious screws or latches that would aid in removal. Usually the reeds pull out in much the same way as concertina reeds. Sometimes there is a hole or a slot which you can use with a hook to withdraw the reed. Lots of information here: http://tardis.dl.ac.uk/FreeReed/English/organ_book/ Edited October 11, 2011 by Theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Irishman Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Usually the reeds pull out in much the same way as concertina reeds. Sometimes there is a hole or a slot which you can use with a hook to withdraw the reed. We had a harmonium in the house when I was a child. I much preferred it to the piano, which I was supposed to be learning, especially in winter - because the piano was in the usually unheated drawing-room, whereas the harmonium was in the heated living-kitchen! (No, It wasn't as cramped as you'd think - we lived in a big, old Edwardian house.) And, of course, you can have a lot more fun with a harmonium than with a piano when you're 12 years old. I remember that my father had a special tool for harmonium maintenance. It was a wooden handle, as for a file or screwdriver, but there was a large round-headed woodscrew screwed in in place of the blade. The edge of the screw-head engaged in a notch or other recess in the reed shoes, as I remember. I think I may even still have this "reed extractor" lying around somewhere. Must get a harmonium to go with it ... Cheers, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otsaku Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 thanks theo, i'll be having a look again tomorrow... John there's one on ebay for 49 pounds... While trawling the net i fell ove this little beauty which has go me dreaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Crabb Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 And my own 1907, Estey American Chapel Organ. Recovered as a wreck from my local defunct hospital chapel and rebuilt by me 25 years ago. Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dunk Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Geoff, that's just lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otsaku Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 And my own 1907, Estey American Chapel Organ. Recovered as a wreck from my local defunct hospital chapel and rebuilt by me 25 years ago. Geoff now that would look good in my living room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Crabb Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 And my own 1907, Estey American Chapel Organ. Recovered as a wreck from my local defunct hospital chapel and rebuilt by me 25 years ago. Geoff now that would look good in my living room Well, my wife has said many times that it would look good in someone else's living room. Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) I've always fancied a portable harmonium - the type with collapsable legs. Anyone got one they fancy selling? Harmoniums sound just wonderful when played to accompany Swedish music. Edited October 13, 2011 by SteveS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I've always fancied a portable harmonium - the type with collapsable legs.Anyone got one they fancy selling? I presume you want to find one in England? They're a bit big for the overhead on an airplane. Harmoniums sound just wonderful when played to accompany Swedish music. Also common in Finnish folk music, as I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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