USA Free Reed Organ History Part 7 - The Rocking melodeon HISTORY (Lap organ, Elbow organ)

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RESEARCH:
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Source: A Postcard from Canton
James Amireaux Bazin
http://cantonhistory.blogspot.com/201...

March 13, 1880, The Musical Courier
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February 14, 1880, Musical and Sewing Machine Gazette New York
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Canton Historical Society – Bazin Lap Organ 1831
Lap Organ, Catalog Number 0003.00343 - Date 1831
https://cantonhistorical.catalogacces...

Bazin Accordion Free Reed
melodeon.net
https://forum.melodeon.net/index.php?...

Joseph L. Bates – musical instruments umbrellas and parasols – Dealer Boston MA
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Bazin brass sliding pitch pipe
source: MFABoston
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/2...

ILLUSTRATION:

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Source:
Melodeon (lap organ)
Charles Austin (American, 1813–1884)
about 1850
Object Place: Concord, New Hampshire, United States
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/5...

File:Sixth plate tintype of a young woman posed with a
rocking melodeon (circa late-1850s), Found in New Hampshire (zoomed 400%, clipped).jpg
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Arlington Historical Society
Organ Reed, Catalog Number 1925.6.3A-B - Date 1835-1850
https://arlingtonhistorical.pastperfe...

Reed Organ Society
Lap Organ, ROS Reg No. 321 - Date 1835 +/-
https://www.reedsoc.org/index.php/ros...

MUSIC/VOICE/SOUND

Music:
MFABoston
Melodeon (lap organ)
A. Prescott & Son (American, active in 1845–1850)
about 1845–50
Object Place: Concord, New Hampshire, United States
Accession Number2002.380
MUSIC:
Sicilian Mariner's Hymn to the Virgin, 1794
Traditional
Performed by Darcy Kuronen
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/3...
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   • Lap organ (melodeon), made by Prescott and...  

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YOUR TIME

00:00 Intro
00:29 History
03:16 Development phase 2
05:09 Melodium not Rocking Melodeon
05:52 Copying teh Melodium
07:05 Spread of the Rocking Melodeon
08:39 Series preview