What make it rare is two things, one, it's from the Dominion Organ & Piano Co. from *Canada* and, two, it has the SubBass stop. And, with most of the well known manufacturers, the organs can be looked up by the serial number to tell when it made. Duaine Terry Neely wrote: >Looks great! What is it that makes it so rare? Maybe the manufacturer? Looks a >lot like the average ones I see in North Carolina. > Terry Neely >Hechler Family wrote: > > > >>I have just completed a professional restoration of an ornate and rare >>pump organ from the Dominion Organ & PIano Co from Bowmanville Ontario >>Canada for only $4000. >> >>The stops from left to right: >>Diapason >>Bassoon >>SubBass (from C-8 to C-20 plays the same note an octave lower) >>Bass Coupler (playing the note an octave lower on the keyboard) >>II Forte >>Vox Humana (giving the vibrato effect) >>I Forte >>Treble Coupler (playing the note an octave higher on the keyboard) >>Vox Angelica >>Echo >>Melodia >> >>The Sub-Bass stops were usually found only on the higher class models >> >>That's not all, it includes: >>an organ stool, >>a key to lock to lid closed, >>a history of the organ company, >>a post-card showing the factory >>and, last but not least, a copy of White's School for the Reed Organ, >>circa 1903, which includes a full and comprehensive method of >>instruction also scales, Studies, Excerises, Voluntaries, Songs, >>Marches, Waltzes, Polkas, Opera Melodies, Hymns, Tunes, etc. arranged >>expressively for the Reed Organ, Melodean or Harmonium. >> >>All of this, for the low low, price of only $4000 >> >>Thanks >> >>-- >>Duaine Hechler >>Piano, Player Piano, Organ, Pump Organ >>Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding >>Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild >>Reed Organ Society Member >>Florissant, MO >>(314) 838-5587 >>dahechler@charter.net >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> [Image] >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Organ, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO (314) 838-5587 dahechler@charter.net
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