USA Free Reed Organ History - James Amiraux bazin -1st Free Reed Instruments invented in USA

James Amiraux Bazin, born in Boston, MA, USA, in 1798, was the son of French immigrants.
In 1812, he and his family moved from Boston to Ponkapoag, Canton, MA, USA.
After a broken free reed pitch pipe was brought to him for repair in 1821, he began inventing, developing, and building free reed musical instruments.
Mr. Bazin was probably the first person to invent new free reed musical instruments in the USA.
Bazin began building a brass sliding pitch pipe in 1821, then developed the first free reed instruments similar to the harmonica. He developed his first harmonica in 1823, which may be the oldest recorded evidence of a harmonica in the world.
After developing bellows and an accordion, Bazin began building free reed instruments with bellows.
The rocking melodeon, also known as the lap organ or elbow organ, is one of his best-known and most important inventions.

The rocking melodeon laid the foundation for the later development of the American organ, also known as the melodeon or pump organ.

In two newspaper articles in 1880, James A. Bazin reported on his inventions, which became the basis for my Bazin 3D musical instruments.

Largely uninfluenced by the major musical instrument industry, Mr. Bazin developed and designed unique and beautiful musical instruments.