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Tournaphone Organette
By Tom DeLay

Today I was given an unrestored and very playable Tournaphone table-top
player reed organ.  The little instrument has just one roll but it plays
quite well.  According to the last patent information, the instrument
was built sometime after 1882.  The organ has 24 notes/reeds.

Does anyone have any information on the "Tournaphone", roll availability
or the like?

Thanks much.
Tom DeLay (No, not the damn congressman!)
Salinas, Calif.

[ Ed Schmidt sells rolls for the Tournaphone and Musical Cabinetto,
 [ visit http://www.actionwebcreations.com/smr/tournaph.html  -- Robbie

(Message sent Mon 18 Jul 2005, 00:23:54 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject: Organette, Tournaphone

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