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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Accordion, International Accordion Company, 1930's
This MEZON brand button accordion was made specifically for Lyons, Musical Instrument Importer, 207 Bourke Street Melbourne, as can be seen on the embossed lettering on the top of the accordion. The hand inscribed nameplate indicates that the owner was T H Betts. On August 19th, 1903, Michael Edward Lyons applied to the Trade Mark’s Office of Sydney for registration of “The Invented word “MEZON” to be applied to musical instruments. In 1908 he was advertising himself as sole agents for MEZON accordions. He had been at that address for 15 years (since 1893) and was moving to larger premises at 256 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Still at this address in 1925, Lyons advertises MEZON accordions as “The ideal Xmas present, Maker your friends happy, This Xmas let the Present be a MEZON”. There was a choice of three styles: The Organ, The Wonder and The Grand Organ. They came with a Fibre Case with Lock and Key and a Leather Handle. The promise was “They Give Satisfaction”. They were obtainable at all stores or from Sole Distributors in Australia. In 1927 the MEZON was sold by Albert & Sons in Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland as well as by Lyons in Melbourne. The favoured German accordion brands were Monarch and Sterling, which were made by the International Accordion Company in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. The company was founded in 1871 by Ernest Deines and made a variety of musical instruments. The company closed business in 1834. The International Accordion Company’s accordion range made the International brand and others such as MEZON, Globe, and Dienst. Australia imported the MEZON brand. American companies imported a range of the popular German branded accordions until World War II, when they were no longer available. In general, accordions produced after the war were not as high a quality and not loud enough to be heard over the electronic guitars and the drum kit of the bands. This accordion represents the type of musical instruments used in the late 19h and early 20th century, locally and Australia wide. In colonial Australia musical instruments like this one were imported from Germany as well as other countries. At that time, German made instruments represented good quality. This accordion is significant for being especially imported into Australia by a Melbourne retailer. Music was a part of family and social life, associated with dances, song and general fun.Button accordion with case. Accordion with steel reeds, three bass valves and ten treble valves. It is coloured black with very dark green trim, decorative silver metal reinforcing on main corners, gold reinforcing on corners of the bellows and delicate printed, gold printed patterned trims. Hand support for buttons is made of fabric. Folds of the bellows are light coloured with fine dark pattern. It has a nameplate on the front. Black wooden case has red lining, two brass hinges, two brass hook and eye catches and a swivel brass lock. The base of the case has a loose brass fitting. The top has a thin metal handle. Inscription on hand inscribed name on front, label inside case lid, silver reinforcing, leather on bellows top, and frame of accordion. Manufactured with the brand MEZON in Saxony, Germany, for Lyons of Melbourne. Once the property of T H Betts.Printed on label “MEZON ACCORDEONS.” Impressed in metal corners and reinforcing “MEZON” with logo [circle enclosing entwined capital D and E] “MADE IN SAXONY” Embossed in gold on frame “Made in Saxony”, “MEZON Accordion/ manufactured for LYONS / MELBOURNE, Bourke Street” Name inscribed by hand “T H Betts”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, mezon accordion, lyons, made in saxony, t h betts, betts, mezon, squeeze box, musical instrument, button accordion, germany, michael lyons, international accordion company, ernest deines, circle enclosing d e, d e, e d, german accordion -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Accordion, Meteor Accordion
Black and silver box accordion Meteor Accordion, registered, made in Germany -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Accordion, Regal Melodeon Accordion
Accordion; wooden frame with black leather bellows, maker's name Regal Melodeon, Made in Germany. Has pressed metal corners with pictures of a bugle with the word sport in the centre. -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Accordion, Kalbe's Imperial Accordion
Black and silver accordion The names "Victoria the Good" and "Edward VII" are printed above the brand name "Kalbe's Imperial, Gold Medal Melbourne". There are pictures of Edward VII and Queen Victoria on either side of the instrument. -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Music Book, The Sampson Specialised Course for Piano Accordion
Bone coloured paper book with circular design of piano accordion keys, "The Sampson Specialised Course for Piano Accordion." A Complete 20 Lesson Home Study (Lesson 8) This registration is part of collection Reg. 6142 - 6150. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Boxed Accordion by Richard H. Sutton, 2011
Richard Sutton established Sutton's Music Store in Ballarat.Photographs of an accordion made by Richard Sutton, father of inventor Henry Sutton. The photographs are taken in the Ballarat Mining Exchange.richard sutton, r.h. sutton, sutton's music store, accordian -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Music Book, Book 1 (Phil Baker) Modern Piano Accordion Method
Large yellow and green paper music book; "Book 1 Phil Baker Modern Piano Accordion Method". Published by J. Albert & Son, Pty. Ltd. -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Button Accordian, Hohner Diatonic Accordion
Single row diatonic button accordion, black with floral decoration. 10 white keys on player's right, 4 on left. Speaker box on right. Maker: Hohner (Marcia Registrada), made in Germany. -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Instrument - Accordion, early 1900s
Believed to have been played in the saloon of the S.S.Casino by a crew memberBlack and tan button accordion played on the S.S.CasinoInitials "W" and "D" Scratched onto handlelocal history, musical instruments, keyboard -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Audio - Accordion
Middle section - bellows made of paper. Leather handle and stoppers on one end and mother of pearl press buttons, which operate keys on the other end.Mezon manufactured for Accordion Lyons Melbourne Bourke Street Lyons Sole agent Bourke St.musical instruments, wind -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Accordion, Fabrik Marke et al
Accordion made of black wood with silver painted anchors; the end of box has come away from the actual body, there are also six keys missing, the condition is poor. Name painted in silver on box "Fabrik Marke" -
Orbost & District Historical Society
button accordion, 1930's
This instrument was given to Allan White on 24.8.1935 by his grandfather. Allan White came to Orbost in 1946. He was firstly a share fvarmer on 3 farms then in business - saddler and bike shop with his brother Eric. Then withG.P. Motors as the RACV man. Allan was a "ham radio" operator and involved with Rotary, Rifle and Bowling clubs, also with the Presbyterian Church.A Mezon button accordion with a tan coloured canite carrying case. it has 3 bass valves and 10 treble valves.On front of case : MEZON Superior Manufacturer On accordion : MEZON accordion Made in Germany On end : steel reeds Hand engraved : 24.8.35 Corner pieces : MEZON Trade mark Made in Saxony musical-instrument button-accordion white-allan -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Recorder, c1940
Used in recorder/accordion recorder band consisting of internees from Camp 3 Tatura in WW2recorder specially made in key of F for Camp 3 recorder/accordion band. The bands on stem of recorder are made from copper pennies. Not currently playablerecorder, musical band, camp 3, internees, wagner, lilo, tatura, thaler, l, !, musical, instruments, wind, handcrafts, woodcarving -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Piano Accordeon
Piano accordions were one form of music used to entertain families and friends prior to electricity being available.Possibly used by Eric Heider (Tenny) Wittingslow who married Iris Baker of Tawonga as his death notice was stored in the same box as the accordion.Wooden handles at each end, one has a leather strap over it. When pulled out wooden ends are attached to the handles and to a thick 'cardboard'. Then 3 red wire frames with green 'cardboard' covering, then wood, then 3 more red & green, then wood, then 3 more red/green and then another thick 'cardboard' attached to the opposite handle. These are the bellows pulling air in and out. The handle with the strap has a keyboard beside it while the other handle has silver knobs that move in when pressed. One side of its original box reads - "The Dudley' Trade Mark ' Nightingale' Accordeon / No. 8018?One handle has 'Dudley'. The other 'Dudley=Accordion'. The middle section has on the end of each of the 4 parts - in metal:- Trade mark with bird in the middle of a triangle. Followed by -Nightingale/Registered/Best Quality/Made in Germany piano accordion, dudley nightingale, musical instrument, dudley acccordeon -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Instrument - Flutina, n.d
This instrument belonged to Captain James Fawthrop's stepsonConnection to Captain James Fawthrophe flutina is an early French precursor of the diatonic button accordion. The earliest version of the instrument dates from about 1831. It was constructed by "Pichenot le Jeune" and was probably one of the first accordions capable of playing a melody. It has one or two rows of treble buttons, which can play the tonic of the scale as "drawing" the bellows. Usually there is no bass keyboard. The right hand operates an air valve (silent except for the rush of air). In the front of the keyboard is a rocker switch, which is also called "bascule d'harmonie". This switch is to be activated with the thumb in order to open up a pallet (a pad that covers a tone hole at the other end of the key buttons) for a simple tonic/dominant effect of accompaniment: tonic while drawing and dominant while pressing.captain james fawthrop, musical instrument, accordion, flutina -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Ideal for a Home Based Business, 1985
1880 Timber House for sale.1880 Timber House for sale. An early owner was William Ellingworth, whose son John established one of the areas first Real Estate Agencies. In 1956 John Robinson bought the property and taught Piano Accordion and Guitar for over 29 years at this house.1880 Timber House for sale. rose street, box hill, no. 28, ellingworth, william, robinson, john, box hill music centre -
Ithacan Historical Society
Photograph, Musical Groups, Ithaca Greece
Ithacan Greeks have a musical tradition influenced by the Italian cantanda style that is very melodic. The bands featured in the photographs were well-known entertainers on Ithaca. The mandolin, violin and piano accordion were popular instruments. As part of the Ionian Islands, Ithaca was under Venetian control for many years and as such a Venetian influence in evident in the islands musical tradition.A collage of four photographs, mounted and white board and laminated. Each photograph features a musical group made up of a variety of musical instruments which include accordions, violins, guitars, mandolins, wind instruments and drums. There is a caption under each photograph which gives information about the groups. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Group of Swedes - Boxing Day 1920, 26 December 1920
Supporters of the Mission often made their homes and gardens available as venue for Christmas Boxing day and Cup day events or picnics. On Boxing Day 1920 around 100 men were welcomed by Mr and Mrs Duckett on the grounds of the home Riversdale. They went there on a river excursion.A record of just one group of international sailors a long way from their home an country attending a Mission event. Black and white photograph of a trio of sailors in dress uniform – 2 seated on cane garden chairs one with piano-accordion being played. The standing sailor holds a cameraPencil inscription on verso in pencil handwritten :" Boxing day 1920 / Group of Swedes" ; at right angles a number "893"camera, uniforms, accordeon, accordion, picnic, seamen, swedish, 1920, boxing day, riversdale, edward duckett -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Mid 1940's
Camp 3 band.Sepia photograph of a small 4 person band - drum, cornet, piano, accordion and base fiddle.camp 3, camp 3 band -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
Between 1939 and January 1941, 575 members of rhe 20th Light Horse Regiment enlisted in the 2nd AIF. The Regiment was reinforced with men from all over Victoria called up for compulsory service.The 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) was raised in 1920 as part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Citizen Military Forces, with Headquarters at Seymour and depots along the Goulburn Valley from Mansfield to Tocumwal in southern NSW. In December 1941, 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) converted from horse to mechanised, initially as 20th Motor Regiment. In 1943 the Regiment was deployed to Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. Upon its return in April 1945, the Regiment was redesignated 20th Pioneer Battalion. It was disbanded following the end of the war. 20th Light Horse was the only light horse regiment to serve overseas in WWII.This is one of a collection of photographs featuring a Light Horse regiment drawn from rural and regional Victoria in the period immediately prior to mobilisation for World War 2 (1939-1945).Black and white photograph of large group of soldiers arranged in three rows with one man in front with piano accordion." 20th ALH members after enlistment in 2nd AIF 1940."20th light horse, 20th motor regiment -
Sunbury & District Heritage Association Inc
Photograph, Juggler performing, C1990s
The juggler was invited to Bulla Primary School to entertain the children. It was included as part of the school's extra curricular activities.As Bulla Primary School was a semi-rural school, there were many opportunities to introduce the children to a number of interesting extra curricular activities.A coloured photograph of a juggler attempting to mount a wall while playing an accordion. His assistant is standing to his right.jugglers, bulla primary school, entertainments -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
Copy of original black and white photograph of camp orchestra.Copy of black and white photograph. Eleven members of Camp Orchestra, piano, accordion, drum and other instruments. Hut in background. camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, internment camp orchestras -
Slovenian Association Melbourne
Slovenian children at the Royal Melbourne Show, not known
Slovenian Club Melbourne participated many times at the Royal Melbourne Show with the musicians, dancers, folk dances, art and craft exhibitions. They were always warmly welcomed.The second Slovenian children of the first generations keeping up the traditionsColour photo of the large decorative heart with the Slovenian children in national costumes and boys playing piano accordions at the Royal Melbourne Show. The children are:Young generation of Slovenians, born in Australia, keeping the Slovenian traditionsslovenian traditions, slovenian national costume, slovenian music, slovenian polka -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 1942
Captain Jenkins and Wardens from Camp 3AGroup with Captain Jenkins and wardens and children. Wally Wagner back row on right with piano accordion with a back drop of trees. On top row second left.internee children, wally wagner, camp 3, templer society, captain jenkins -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Concertina Accordian, Gebr. Ludwig Accordeon
Black concertina accordion with some snake skin like pattern on box, gold trim around keys and silver trim. Made by Gebr. Ludwig Accordeon, Germany -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Postcard, Nucolorview Productions, Melbourne: The biography of a city, 1960s
An item from a diverse collection, assembled by members of the Christian and Washfold families of Kew.A set of picture postcards, printed on light-weight paper, which fold out accordion-style from an outer envelope (folder). These typically contain more than 5 cards.washfold family, postcard folders -- melbourne (vic.), christian-washfold collection -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Grampians Community Health Centre photo of Mr Stuart Dunn
B/W copy from Grampians Community Health Centre Book Stuart Dunn with a piano Accordion and holding his fox terrier. Stuart is wearing glasses and printed shirt. -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Programme, Raya Zomina; 1947
Various Songs, Accompanied by Philip Cohen Violin, P. Cohen - accordion, M. Rochlin - pianodovid herman theatre, raya zomina -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - original, Kormoran Orchestra
Kormoran orchestra at Graytown Camp WW2. Man in middle front row, with white hat, is Hans Hesse, piano and accordion player.Sepia photograph of Kormoran orchestra at Graytown Camp WW2. on back: Kormoran orchestra, Hans Hesse, centre front. Donor Monika Goetze nee Hesse (daughter) 17 November 2018.graytown camp, kormoran orchestra, hans hesse -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Warden Florence Jack and group
Warden Florence Jack was a a warden at Camp 3. The children are from the internees in Camp 3. Wally Wagner is at the right hand side with the accordion. Black and white photograph of Warden Florence Jack, other adults and children from Camp 3. Trees in background.florence jack, wally wagner, camp 3 children