Spang Melodeon - Syracuse, NY
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A Spang Melodeon is on display at the Erie Canal Museum located at 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse, NY.
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Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2020
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An mid-19th century Spang Melodeon, a small organ popular in the 19th century which similar to the harmonium, is on display at the Erie Canal Museum. A plaque on the wall to the left of the melodeon describes its history. It is inscribed:
Spang Melodeon
Manufactured in Syracuse by Xavier Spang,
Mid-19th Century
This beautiful melodeon was manufactured in Syracuse
during the Erie Canal era. The melodeon is currently non-
functional as a musical instrument but the Erie Canal Museum
is seeking to restore it to full playability.
Xavier Spang was a very successful organ and melodeon builder
in Syracuse during the mid-19th Century. Spang began
manufacturing top quality melodeons in 1860 at 64-66 North
Salina Street, but, due to the immense popularity of these
instruments, the firm expanded to a larger factory on Noxon
Street in 1874, where under the name of "The Cabinet Organ
Company' they also built organs, Spang was out of business
before the turn-of-the century.
Donated to the Erie Canal Museum by James and Lisa Kimball.
PC:2013.12.01