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Since September of 2018, this reed organ has been my winter project that took much longer and was more difficult than I had anticipated. It has been silent for many years, but since the restoration it is singing once again. The sound is produced by foot treadles - this is why it is often referred to as a 'pump organ'.
This reed organ was made by W. Bell, from Guelph, Ontario Canada, they became the largest reed organ manufacturer in Canada. The build date is estimated (using serial number reference) to be around 1878 to 1880.
The music played is the anonymous tune FOUNDATION, which first appeared in Joseph Funk's "A Compilation of Genuine Church Music" in 1832 - as a setting for this text How Firm a Foundation. The tune was also published with the text in Southern Harmony and Sacred Harp.