1865 Shoninger Lyre-Leg Melodeon

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Six Octave Melodeon of Lyre-Leg Style.

The Interior & "Unusual" Reed Puller

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The Shoninger Logo & Serial Number

The Eureka Custom Stool
Patented June 17, 1873

 

Company history:

Factory in Woodbridge, CT 1850-65, burned in 1865 and Shoninger bought the Treat & Linsley's factory in New Haven, CT. Bernard Shoninger was still president in 1887, and his son Simon B. secretary. The company was renamed B. Shoninger Organ & Piano Co.

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Last update to this page has been made on March 22, 2007