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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've got one standing in my shop made =
by Estey.
It's a reed organ built in a piano case.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:edwithen@oregontrail.net" =
title=edwithen@oregontrail.net>Ed
Carwithen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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title=pianotech@ptg.org>Piano Tech List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 02, 2001 =
9:09
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> mystery</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello experts...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I was called to look at an =
instrument that
has me mystyfied! It is in a piano cabinet. Looks like a =
very
ornate upright cabinet of the early 1900's. It has a full piano
keyboard. There are two pedals which look strange and angle away =
from
each other. The pedals pump a bellows, and the keys play tones =
like a
harmonium. There is NOTHING behind the top-front panal. It =
is
empty! A great big boxy open space. All of the mechanism =
is below
the keyboard and above the pedal space. It sounds like one of =
those
portable camp organs. But it looks like there ought to be an =
upright
piano action in there...There isn't.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is made by H. Lehr and Co. in =
Easton,
PA. According to my atlas H.Lehr & Co. was located in =
Easton, Pa.,
and they made Lehr & Lafayette pianos. This ain't no =
piano!!!
The first number in the atlas for Lehr pianos is 18,000. This =
serial is
4642.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This isn't something someone has =
modified.
The keys are obviously designed for the action which is stowed =
beneath.
There is a label describing it as a Grand Organ
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anybody seen one of these =
babies? Does
anyone one anywhere have any information at all about this =
instrument.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Enquiring minds want to =
know.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Carwithen</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Day,
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