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Artis Wodehouse ~ harmoniumist
1864 American Melodeon, 1870 American Cottage Organ

Lost in the mists of history, the most common keyboard to be found in 19th century parlors was not the piano, but the foot-pump reed organ or harmonium. Wodehouse will play period repertoire on two outstanding and typical examples — an 1864 melodeon made in Connecticut and an 1871 cottage organ made in Vermont — from her instrument collection.

Pianist, harmoniumist, and organist Artis Wodehouse has devoted her career to preserving and disseminating neglected but valuable music and instruments from the past, with an emphasis on American music.  Cited by The New York Times as “savior of the old and neglected,” Wodehouse performs on a representative group of antique reed organs, harmoniums and pianos that she has restored to concert condition.