{"id":1841,"date":"2021-04-22T19:28:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harmoniums.com\/?p=433"},"modified":"2021-04-23T11:42:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T10:42:48","slug":"van-der-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmoniums.com\/nl\/van-der-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Van der Tak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

J. van der Tak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A harmonium manufacturer from the Netherlands who started already in 1859, Rotterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 1884 he closed almost  his workshop for harmoniums and made the Reed Organ<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in the American way and called his Factory American Organ Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each harmonium has inside the bellows of a Newspaper,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The  Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 1889<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Instrument is the biggest harmonium we have ever seen from him and build in 1889!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2mp pedal with only Est\u00e9ve Reeds Paris and specially made<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 for the English market!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sales agent was Stonefield London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uppermanual16, 8, 8, 4 (B)16, 8, 8, 8, 4, 4 (Tr)<\/td> Lowermanual16, 8, (B)16, 8, 8 VC, (Tr)<\/td>Pedal16 and 8 <\/td>Manual  C – c4<\/td>Pedal C – f1<\/td><\/tr>
Manualcoppler<\/td> <\/td>Unrestored and price on request!!!<\/td> <\/td>Pedalcoppler<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n