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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, OR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>