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Organ, Reed

Object Name:
Organ, Reed
Object ID:
1995.564
Creator:
Prescott BrothersManufacturer
Place of Origin:
Concord, NH
Date:
1856-1870
Description:
Melodeon. Rosewood, with hinged lyre-shaped legs. Two pedals, right for bellows and left for swell. Front half of case lid folds back to reveal keyboard. Label behind keyboard: "Prescott Brothers / Manufacturers of / Patent Aeoleon Seraphines, Reed Organs and Melodions / Main Street, No. 5 Merchants Exchange, Concord, N.H. / Patented April 17, 1841."
Material:
Wood
Ivory
Metal
Dimensions:
W-37.3 D-20 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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