Melodeon may refer to:
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Melodeon (accordion)
A melodeon or diatonic button accordion is a member of the free-reed aerophone family of musical instruments. It is a type of button accordion on which the melody-side keyboard contains one or more rows of buttons, with each row producing the ...
, a type of button accordion
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Melodeon (organ)
The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ that uses free reed aerophone, free reeds to generate sound, with air passing over vibrating thin metal strips mounted in a frame. Types include the pressure-based harmonium, the suction reed organ ...
, a type of 19th-century reed organ
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Melodeon (Boston, Massachusetts)
The Melodeon (1839 – 1870) was a concert hall and performance space in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, located on Washington Street, near West Street. Musical concerts, lectures, sermons, conferences, visual displays, and popular entertain ...
, a concert hall in 19th-century Boston
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Melodeon Records
Melodeon Records is a record label set up in 1964 by Richard K. Spottswood.
Melodeon Records issued - among others - the first recordings after his 'rediscovery' of Skip James and the 1940 Library Of Congress Sessions of Blind Willie McTell. In 1 ...
, a U.S. record label in the 1960s
*''The Melodeon'', a 1977 novel by
Glendon Swarthout
Glendon Fred Swarthout (April 8, 1918 – September 23, 1992) was an American writer and novelist.
Several of his novels were made into films. ''Where the Boys Are'', and ''The Shootist'', which was John Wayne's last work, are probably the bes ...
See also
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Foster Hall (Indianapolis, Indiana) or Melodeon Hall
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Harmonium (disambiguation)
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Melodion (disambiguation)
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