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Antique Pump Organ in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia for sale

Antique Pump Organ
Antique Pump Organ
$500

This organ has been in the family for over 100 years and now it needs a new home. It is in need of an interested person who can recondition it.
Alexandre, pere et fils was a well regarded builder of harmoniums (reed organs) in the City of Paris. Reed organs were a French invention of the early 19th century. Alexandre began manufacturing them around 1840 and they showcased their products at the 1855 Paris International Expo, where they won a medal of honour for the excellence of their instruments. Alexandre, pere et fils company was very proud to declare on their products, that they were a medal of honour winner at the 1855 Paris Expo. This instrument was likely built in the decades after the Expo. Alexandre folded in 1955. The organ was likley brought to Canada in 1919. It was likely acquired in the 1890's or earlier, either new or used, in Birmingham.
So this is not the typical Canadian built reed organ found in old country churches, but was from Paris France.


Category:  Furniture  |  Address:  Brentwood Bay British Columbia

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