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Harmonium Organ - Surrey
Description
Vintage Bell Harmonium OrganMade by the Bell Organ and Piano Company, Guelph, Canada.
Made between 1864-1928.
It's a pump/reed organ.
The bellows are not functioning and need complete restoration.
Free to a good home!
Bell Organ and Piano Company
1864 The Bell Piano and Organ Co established in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, by the brothers William and Robert Bell with a staff of three. William Bell was one of the early Guelph business giants.
1865 The couple returned to Guelph with son William J. Bell and daughter Edith L. Bell. He joined his brother Robert to develop the Bell Organ Company. William had sound sales and business knowledge that enabled the business to develop comprehensively. His carpentry expertise enabled his workers to produce quality items. William Bell then assumed management.
1871 As W. Bell and Co they opened a factory.
By 1881, nearly 200 employees produced over 1200 melodeons and reed organs annually. Some were exported as far as Australia.
1883 Two factories with 400 men occupied a downtown block. A lumber yard with drying kilns and stables with 200 men was across the street on the other side of the railway tracks.
1884 By this time, the company claimed to have produced 26,000 instruments. Bell formed a partnership with his son W. J. Bell (1863-1925), Mrs. W. B. Kennedy, and A. W. Alexander.
1888 The younger Bell sold the firm to an English syndicate, at which time the name was changed to the Bell Organ and Piano Co Ltd, and the manufacture of pianos began. The company's production reached 600 reed organs and 200 pianos per month.
The head office of The Bell Company in Guelph grew into one of the largest companies in the British Empire with locations in England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. There are no figures how big the company got as employee records have been lost over time.
More info
Bell piano and Organ co
A short film about Harmoniums
Delivery notes
YOU COLLECT from my house:Barrow Hill Close,
Worcester Park,
Surrey KT4 7PT
This item is extremely heavy.
You will need professional movers 'moving skate'.
Contact notes
Text or call:07785 918584
Name: Carey
| Price: | £1 |
|---|---|
| Ref#: | 94C12D9D0C16 |
| Brand: | Bell Organ and Piano Company |
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