Carhart, Jeremiah

Carhart, JeremiahCarhart, JeremiahJeremiah Carhart 1849 melodeons 77 E. 13th 1850 melodeon reeds 75 E. 13th 1851-54 melodeons " 1855-66 " 97 E. 23rd 1867-68 organs & melodeons 143 E. 23rd Carhart, an innovator in melodeon design, began his career in Buffalo c.1836. On December 28, 1846, he was granted an important patent (No. 4912) for the suction bellows used in many later melodeons. In 1849, Carhart and his partner Elias Needham established a factory in the city to manufacture reed organs and…