Diane Easby: Thanks for that clip. I saw that concert on the telly years ago. It was the first time I'd seen the 'Penguins', and I was hooked. I have a couple of recorded versions of the tune by them. It ably demonstrates why you shouldn't throw harmoniums on skips! Find a deserving folkie to give them to instead.
Rowan: further to my previous comments about the harmoniflute; the name written inside is: Chat Newark, Ballarall, Australia. and the date 1857.
Dr. Price: The 'tiny hand-held Victorian harmonium' sounds like a harmoniflute (see my earlier comments). These were mostly (or possibly all) made by Busson-Brevette of Paris. They are also known as lap organs.
Foolestroupe: That should be 'chest reed organs'. Quite right though - the accordion is basically a two-manual organ. In fact if it's a freebass model, it is definitely a two-manual organ. It just has the bellows in a different place.
John Kelly.