Carl J.G. Felland

This psalmodikon, currently in Beatrice Holes’ collection, was made by Carl J.G. Felland of Stoughton, Wisconsin in September 1940. His name and the date are stamped on the end of the instrument. It measures 42 inches long, 4 ½ inches wide and 2 ½ inches high. A psalmodikon ensemble known as the “Harmonium Ladies” was playing in the Stoughton, Wisconsin area in 1929. Six psalmodikons made by Felland are known to have been in the Stoughton area and at least one more by an unknown maker. The Harmonium Ladies played music in two and three part harmony for the Ladies Aid Society meetings at First Lutheran Church and as a quartet in other places during the 1930’s and 1940’s.