<dl><dt><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodeon_(organ)" class="extiw" title="en:Melodeon (organ)">Melodeon (organ)</a></dt></dl><p>
I shot this near the entry door to the parsonage on the grounds of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Mill_Museum" class="extiw" title="en:Mission Mill Museum">Mission Mill Museum</a>.
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Software: Photoshop CS5, Photomatix, Nik Viveza, Topaz Adjust, Topaz Detail, Topaz DeNoise 5, Topaz ReMask

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://antiquepianoshop.com/product/new-haven-melodeon/">New Haven Melodeon (1865)</a>. <i>AntiquePianoShop.com</i>.<div style="margin-left:1em;width:calc(100% - 1em);font-size:90%;line-height:2.5ex;white-space:normal;box-sizing:border-box;"><span>"<i>​These instruments are small reed organs that are operated by pumping the large iron right pedal...the left pedal is volume control and operates a swell shutter. ... This style of melodeon is known as a "Portable Melodeon" and it's legs are designed to fold up under the instrument for easy transport. </i>"</span></div></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.antiquepianoshop.com/online-museum/new-haven-melodeon-company/">New Haven Melodeon Company</a>. <i>AntiquePianoShop.com</i>.<div style="margin-left:1em;width:calc(100% - 1em);font-size:90%;line-height:2.5ex;white-space:normal;box-sizing:border-box;"><span>"<i>​The New Haven Melodeon Company was organized on April 10th, 1867 in New Haven, CT.  John L. Treat of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://antiquepianoshop.com/online-museum/treat-linsley/">Treat &amp; Linsley</a> was listed as superintendent of the firm.  The firm built several models of organs and melodeons and enjoyed a great deal of success.  By 1872 the firm is listed has having operating capital in the amount of $40,000.  By the late 1870s, the popularity of the melodeon began to wain in favor of the parlor organ.  The firm reorganized as “The New Haven Organ Company” from 1881 – 1883, and there is no mention of the firm after about 1883. </i>"</span></div></li></ul>
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