Per this 2013 interview, Batiste calls it a Harmoniboard for reasons he explains. But it is still officially a melodica.
http://jazzofilo.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-orleans-post-modern-piano-professor.html David Sent from my iPad > On Sep 17, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, I was going to ask, is “harmoniboard” the new official name, or is that > some sort of portmanteau word that somebody created because they didn’t know > the real name? When I was growing up and dabbling with various musical > instruments, that was always a melodica. > > Doug Fields > Tampa, FL > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jon Delfin > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 10:58 AM > To: tvornottv <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie taping report: "Late Show with Stephen > Colbert" > > Batiste likes to work the room, since the Harmoniboard gives him the freedom > to roam, and he'll do a full lap of the orchestra and end up in the balcony > by the end of the break, but don't be fooled - he's an amazing keyboardist > and showed it on a number of occasions. > > Harmoniboard, harmonaboard, I say it's a melodica, and I say to hell with it. > [/codger reference] > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
