https://www.ipernity.com/tag/aemays/keyword/5182044 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/45/66/288325.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/aemays/keyword/5182044 Wed, 13 May 2026 15:56:09 +0000 Wed, 13 May 2026 15:56:09 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/44378806 tag:ipernity.com,2017-12-31,doc-44378806 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 06:57:41 +0000 2017-12-31T01:57:51-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/aemays">Alan Mays</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/44378806"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/88/06/44378806.d9e211bd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="156" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A ticket or invitation for a "Universal Ball" held in Keene, New Hampshire, on March 5, 1852.<br /> <br /> As listed on the ticket, musician S. K. Conant played both the violin and the "Kolquearougion," an instrument he invented. Although a newspaper article in 1859 called his invention the "Kolquearougion Bells," I haven't been able to uncover any additional information about it.<br /> <br /> <strong>Universal Ball</strong><br /> <br /> Your company, with ladies, is respectfully solicited at the Town Hall, in Keene, on Friday evening, March 5, 1852.<br /> <br /> Music by Hall & Conant's Celebrated Lowell Brass Band.<br /> <br /> D. C. Hall, cornet and bugle; S. K. Conant, violin and Kolquearougion; B. Hall, clarionett and piccolo; G. P. Kittredge, violin and prompter; W. Bennett, bass.<br /> <br /> Tickets, $1.50, to be obtained of authorized agents, and at the door.<br /> <br /> Dancing to commence at seven o'clock.</div> Universal Ball, Keene, New Hampshire, March 5, 1852 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/aemays">Alan Mays</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/44378806"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/88/06/44378806.d9e211bd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="156" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A ticket or invitation for a "Universal Ball" held in Keene, New Hampshire, on March 5, 1852.<br /> <br /> As listed on the ticket, musician S. K. Conant played both the violin and the "Kolquearougion," an instrument he invented. Although a newspaper article in 1859 called his invention the "Kolquearougion Bells," I haven't been able to uncover any additional information about it.<br /> <br /> <strong>Universal Ball</strong><br /> <br /> Your company, with ladies, is respectfully solicited at the Town Hall, in Keene, on Friday evening, March 5, 1852.<br /> <br /> Music by Hall & Conant's Celebrated Lowell Brass Band.<br /> <br /> D. C. Hall, cornet and bugle; S. K. Conant, violin and Kolquearougion; B. Hall, clarionett and piccolo; G. P. Kittredge, violin and prompter; W. Bennett, bass.<br /> <br /> Tickets, $1.50, to be obtained of authorized agents, and at the door.<br /> <br /> Dancing to commence at seven o'clock.</div> Alan Mays