Antique Stevens Reed Pump Organ in Piano Case with matching piano stool.

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Antique Stevens Reed Pump Organ in Piano Case with matching piano stool. Great tone. Bellows work great. Beautiful finish. Keys all work and are all complete. No chips or cracks.
The Stevens Organ & Piano Company, founded by Collins R. Stevens. Stevens worked for Estey Organ Co., which made the best-selling organ of the day, from 1859 to 1877. In 1888 he opened a store in Marietta selling pianos and organs. Stevens went into a manufacturing business with Orin C. Klock, a piano salesman, in 1892. They made reed organs under the name Stevens & Klock. The company made both organs and pianos, but when piano sales slowed it only made organs. Organs were cheaper than pianos at the turn of the century and many homes had parlor organs. The company name was changed to Stevens Organ Co. when Klock retired, and later it became Stevens Organ & Piano Co. Stevens began making combination reed-pipe organs in piano cases about 1900. The company also made large pipe organs for churches and began making phonographs by 1919. Stevens died in 1921 and the company went out of business in 1924."Sources:http://www.kovels.com/collec.../stevens-parlor-organ.html
Winning bidder must pick up from Westerville OH.  I am moving so must pick up ASAP.