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I have just posted up on 'Monkey-Organ',
some of the outdoor goings-on over the weekend
at the Milton Keynes Museum.
Inside the museum itself,
can be found some of the most interesting rooms,
packed with 'goodies' from by-gone days.
Here are just a few.
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Fairground toys and rocking horses in the nursery.
And on a musical theme.
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A Street Barrel Organ.
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A small portable Harmonium.
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A large organ rescued from a small church.
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And a Reed Organ - or is it another Harmonium?
I've never been quite sure which is which. (Deb?)
I used to have one but had to get rid of it to make space.
A sad day.
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2 comments:
Ah, good question.
On this side of the pond they are generally referred to as reed organs. On your side, harmoniums. Unless they are pressure operated over here, then we call them harmoniums. In India they have harmoniums...not so totally different other than size...about 12" X 18" X 8", held in lap with one hand pumping the bellows mounted on the back and the other hand playing the small keyboard.
Hi Deb,
I actually have a book called :-
"Harmonium - the History of the Reed Organ and its Makers"
by Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume.
(that's some hell-of-a-name) but I have never found a definition of the differences - so, I guess you are right. They are the same.
I have also come across a "York Cottage Organ" made in York PA. I guess PA is a US state? If I remember correctly, mine was called a "Cottage Organ".
My 'harmonium' worked on suction, so I guess it should have been called an "American Reed Organ".
Too late now, I gave it away. :(
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