Reed Organ Vacations!
A list of museums and other places
where one can visit reed organs
- The Conklin Antique Organ Museum, located in Hanover, Michigan, has a collection of about 80 instruments.
- Sauder Farm and Craft Village in
Archbold, Ohio (near Toledo) has several reed organs on the premises. Plan a visit to
the church and schoolhouse exhibits - often one of the costumed staff will be performing
on a reed organ! They're currently placing their museum into their web site; hopefully
I'll be able to provide links to the actual organs in the future.
- At The Organery, a bed and breakfast
located in Nova Scotia, has an organery on the premises and contains a collection of
over 100 antique reed organs for viewing or playing.
- The
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in Brattleboro, Vermont has a permanent display
of Estey organs.
- The America's Shrine to Music Museum
at the University of South Dakota contains a reed organ display in their Lewison
Gallery, and a
Vocalion Reed Organ in
their Graese Gallery.
- The Victorian Reed Organ & Harmonium Museum is located at Victoria Hall, Victoria
Road, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, England. Curators Pam and Phil Fluke have a collection
of instruments, catalogues, posters, advertisements, etc. and also have some reference
books, sheet music, and recordings for sale. The Museum is open Sunday to Thursday
from 11 am to 4 pm.
- The Kenneth G. Fiske
Museum of the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California has a
three-manual reed
organ by Mason and Hamlin, Boston (c. 1889). A recent acquisition is an
1866
Estey Cottage Organ with a rare third pedal which operates a
clockwork tremolo mechanism. The museum currently has 15 reed
organs listed in their descriptive instrument checklist.
- The
Templeton Music Museum and Archives is located at Mississippi State University,
just outside of Starkville, Mississippi. Among their holdings is an
Aeolian Orchestrelle, c. 1900, which is a player reed organ.
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John K. Estell - 10 December 1997