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The Cob Roller Organ In the late 1880′s, the Autophone Company of Ithaca, New York, began producing a line of hand-cranked roller reed organs. The early models were operated by pressure, with exposed bellows. When the company began producing vacuum-operated models, some were called simply “The Roller Organ” or “The American Music Box”. But the most common and least expensive was called “The Gem Roller Organ”. It was by far the most popular, at [...] Click here to continue reading. A Brief History of Organettes Organette pioneer John McTammany held many organette related patents issued in the 1880′s and 1890′s, but but likely the first organette-type instrument, called the Cartonium, was built by J.A. Teste in 1861 in Nantes, France. The first commercial organettes sold in America were produced by The Munroe Organ Reed Company, organized in 1869. Located in Massachusettes, they grew to become one of the market’s premier firms with an [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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