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Need help identifying and valuing this organ. Has 2 medallions , one with "awarded by the world's industrial and cotton centennial exchange" and the other "1884 New Orleans".
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Difficult to tell from the photos you posted. I've never seen those medallions on anything other than a Mason & Hamlin. Without seeing more, I suspect the organ is either a Chicago Cottage Organ Company, or a Cornish Organ Company.
I have moved your post to the Pump Organ Forum where you will probably get many more knowledgeable responses.
MichaelWay too many organs to list, but I do have 5 Allens:- MOS-2 Model 505-B / ADC-4300-DK / ADC-5400 / ADC-6000 (Symphony) / ADC-8000DKC
- Lowrey Heritage (DSO-1)
- 11 Pump Organs, 1 Pipe Organ & 7 Pianos
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Hello and welcome to the Forum.
It could even be a Bell, suggested by the oak wood visible in the close-up picture. Interesting two stops on the front panel. Those make me doubt somewhat if it is a Bell. Check the treadles. Sometimes the manufacturer will emboss the name on the lower side of them. Otherwise take a few more pictures of the front above the keys where the name and some information is normally stenciled in gold. Maybe someone tried to restore the cabinet and rubbed those off which would be a pity.
As for value I always say such an item is worth as much as a willing buyer is prepared to pay - if for sale. The true value of these old instruments is in their beauty, sound and the fact that they are very old and thus representative of a life forever gone. Try and keep it in working order for the generations to follow.
Nico"Don't make war, make music!" Hammonds, Lowreys, Yamaha's, Gulbransens, Baldwin, Technics, Johannus. Reed organs. Details on request... B-)Comment
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On a slightly related tack ... this is the umpteenth thread where I got an email notice of a new post in a topic, but never got a notice that the topic itself had been created. The topic was created yesterday, with a reply yesterday. But the only notice I got was about Nico's replay today. Weird. Seems to be an ongoing Forum problem.
Tom M.
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Hello Tom. Or perhaps the Forum likes me more.... :-) Nico -
Tom,
You never received notice because the post originated in another part of the Forum, to which you are not subscribed. Once I moved the post to this Forum where it would receive more responses, you began receiving notices. Unfortunately, new users often post in Forums where they think they will get responses, when another Forum will give them more results. That's the quandry.
Michael
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