Fluta Accordeon - a melodica ancestor compared to accordion

[Zvon]

I found this online yesterday in a 1938 catalog.
The text is interesting and fun to read as this instrument is compared to the accordion and other free reed instruments. Looks like a melodica (before Hohner coined the term) with the addition of 2 chord buttons!

 

[Squeezebox Of Delights]

Hohner produced one called the Organette (not to be confused with the Organola, Organa, Organetta, Organet, etc.) and they do seem like really interesting instruments. There's a video discussing one here (), and a webpage discussing a slightly different model here (http://www.campin.me.uk/Music/MouthFlutina/).

 

[Zvon]

Thanks for posting this informative video!
Interesting instrument indeed and different from melodicas .I would love to find one someday.