Organola

This is a special type of a harmonista, which can be placed on the keyboard of a normal reed organ.
This type has 2 rows of buttons, with a total of xx buttons. This device has been sold in The Netherlands, we think around 1920-1930. Also for this device there were special musicbooks for this device (some displayed at the bottom of this page). This device had no moveable parts, so it no so-called transponier-possibilities.
This device has been sold by a music-dealer J. de Rooij, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
The well-known firm Johannes de Heer advertised this device with the musicbooks.

More information in the article in the ROSB.

	The device in its original case. At the right the name of the device is printed: "Organola". In the middle the name of the dealer:xxxxx. The device had to be mounted on an instrument by means of two screws left and right.
	The numbers of the buttons are here clearly visible. Note the different superscripts 0 and +. See for more information in the article in ROSB.
	Close-up of the name.

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Last update to this page has been made on augustus 10, 2008