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The Billhorn Organ

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Instrument Model	The Billhorn Organ
Manufacturer	Sears, Roebuck and Company
Repository	Charles H. Templeton Sr. Music Museum
Status	On Display
Date of Piece	Circa 1885
Description	"Circa 1885 The Bilhorn, folding portable organ was invented by Peter Philip Bilhorn around 1885. Peter Bilhorn was an evangelist singer and composer who invented the portable organ for his evangelistic activities. He and his brother founded the Bilhorn Brother Organ Company in Chicago. The instruments were sold in big department stores such as Sears & Roebuck. The company exhibited the organs at numerous World Fairs where they were awarded six Grand Prizes for greatest volume, greatest variety of tone, sweetest quality in tone, highest excellence in materials, workmanship, compactness & finish, and mechanical ingenuity.
Photographer	Avritt, Alston
Digital ID	242
Contact information	For more information, call (662) 325-6634.