Category:Seraphine (instrument)

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  • John Green ([1830, 1833] 1840) The Royal Seraphine, a New Musical Instrument, Invented and Manufactured only by J. Green, 33, Soho-Square, L. Harrison (printer)
  • Prof. S. D. Tillman (chair); B. G. Garvey (secretary) (March 9th, 1865) “Jeremiah Carhart’s Improvements.” [1] on Annual Report of the American Institute, of the City of New York, for the Years 1864, '65., p. 525
  • Raymond Falle (1959). "The Royal Seraphine in Jersey". The Galpin Society Journal 12 (May, 1959): 86-88. Galpin Society. doi:10.2307/841951, JSTOR 841951.
    "​It has been of considerable interest to the writer to find that the immediate precursor of the harmonium, the seraphine or Royal Seraphine, as it was sometimes desceribed, patented in 1833 by John Green of Soho Square, London, was introduced into the island of Jersey early in the following year by Mr H. Hutton, a musical instrument dealer of Charles Street, St Helier. This fact is revealed in an adverttisement appearing in the Chronique de Jersey of April 26, 1834, which state: ... ",
    "​Further reference to the seraphine in Jersey occurs in The Jersey Argus of May 5 1835, when Mr T. O. Lyte, cabinet maker and musical instrument dealer of 37 Hill Street, St Helier, advertised thus: ... "
  • James Howard Richard (2004) "Seraphine" in Douglas Bush, Richard Kassel , ed. The Organ - An Encyclopedia, Taylor & Francis, p. 504−505 ISBN 978-1-135-94796-5
    "​SERAPHINE A reed organ (Also called the Royal Seraphine) invented by the Englishman John Green, a former traveling representative for the Clementi pianomaking firm. Green, who had a shop in Soho Square ... ",
    "​The Seraphine was built in the shape of a small table 2’ 10’’ high, 3’ 5’’ wide, and 2’ 8’’ deep. It had a range of five octaves (FF-f’’’) controlling a single rank of reeds. Two pedals were provided, one to operate the bellows and the other a primitive swell pedal to raise or lower a panel placed over the upper portion of the case. The instrument could in this limited sense be said to have expression, as opposed to the harmonium, in which air pressure was varied. Tonal variety was made possible by placing strips of different materials over the reeds. The bellows was weighted in a manner similar to that of the pipe organ and thus provided a steady pressure. ",
    "​... In 1841 an improved Seraphine called the Organo Harmonica was introduced by W. E. Evans. ... The Seraphine is mentioned in patents taken out in 1839, 1846, 1850 (by the French piano maker Jean-Henri Pape, 1789-1875), and 1852 (by Jonathan Caldell Blackwell). By this last date, the instrument had been superseded by the true harmonium. Later in England the term Seraphine was applied to any free-reed organ operating on the suction principle. "
  • Dr. Robert J. Allan (8 January 2024) "The Seraphine" in Reed Organs in England: A comprehensive study of reed organs in England, Scotland and Wales (latex2html), Scorpion Engineering (scorpion-engineering.co.uk)
Collection
  • Seraphine. New England, US (circa 1840
    date QS:P,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
    ). The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, Metropolitan Museum of Art, since 1889, Accession Number: 89.4.1779 , ObjectID: 502326
    "​Medium: Wood and various materials ",
    "​Dimensions: Length 79.6 cm, Width 40.0 cm, Depth 13.6 cm, 3-octave span 47.5 cm ",
    "​Classification: Aerophone-Free Reed-harmonium ",
    "​Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 "

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