Wanted,good home for old Harmonium

[nickk]

As above I was given,a few years ago my friends mothers pump organ/ harmonium,the sort ,old enough to have casework of simple but ornate wood,are there any collectors or museums that would be glad of this as a donation,it worked when it was removed from her house,and has been dry stored by me since.
Would anyone have a lead I can pursue,these were the sort that we’re installed in small chapels/churches,before the electronic instruments arrived.

 

[cheb]

I was given a one a few years ago, I can't play them but I love the wheezy sound they make. I gave it to the local museum for spares as it wasn't in good condition having been stored badly.

 

[Cobbler]

It might be worth giving Gloucester Folk museum a call, if they don’t want it, they might know of somewhere that would like it.

 

[Parm]

I’ve got all my grandads traditional Indian musical instruments. They are all on display. Sadly I can play them

 

[KemppiFrog]

I don't have a set of bagpipes, but if I did, I am enough of a gentleman not to play them.

We had a few of those old treadle 'pianos' at school. They had had a punch paper roller system, so you just pedaled away and they produced (dated) music.

 

[cheb]

Pianola, brilliant things. My mother's family had one and we ended up with it, it used to be on an ex-MTB houseboat moored on the Hamble river. There's a surprising amount of room in an MTB when you've removed the 3 Merlins and the 2,500 gallon fuel tanks. Not much headroom so the prop for the piano lid was cut down.

 

[MattF]

Any chance of a photo? Just like looking at old gear.

 

[julianthegypsy]

I love harmoniums. I keep seeing them pop up on faceache for very little money, certainly far less than I reckon they're worth, but sadly we have nowhere to put one. As an aside, I fell in love with them after hearing Ralph McTell play one in Plymouth Guildhall in about 1973. It's true, I am sad and ancient.