Thread: What's this in Horsehay Methodist Chapel?

I was told it was something but will accept another description.

Harmonium ? The ones i have seen are a bit bigger than this and more ornate, but it would seem to be the same sort of thing

The gentleman who played it called it a pump organ but someone later suggested 'harmonium'.

It would have been used at outdoor services such as on church outings. Mobile churches would also have carried a pump organ round with them.

Pump organ at Horsehay Chapel - YouTube

Originally Posted by yamahapaul

Clavichord (or something like that) rings a bell??

"Rings a Bell?" Not half matey!

You can just imagine the sales blurb in the 1800's....'Take your organ to serenade your lady's window, and the machine puts your finger on the appropriate apparatus immediately!"........