To determine the age of an instrument you should have
access to the old records of the reed organ manufactorers. However, these
records do no longer exist, so you need to use other sources of information.
These sources can be information found in the instrument, the brand name on
the instrument, or old catalogs. Most old reed organs also have a serial
number, somewhere written or stamped in the organ. This serial number can
often be found by opening the back of the organ.
The Reed Organ Society has set up a database with serial numbers and
estimated year of make. To determine the age of your reed organ, or find
information about missing stopnames of your organ, you can use this
database. This database has been setup with the help of several ROS-members,
who have sent us reed organ information to register it in the database.
You can help us to extend the information in this
database by registering your reed organ with the ROS. To do that,
either use our
online registration form or download and print our registration form
and mail it in Don Swett,
595 S Alton Way Apt 3D, Denver, CO 80247, USA
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