Organ, Reed
- Object Name:
- Organ, Reed
- Object ID:
- 2004.051 a-f
- Creator:
- Prescott, A. and Son
Musical Instrum - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1849-1850
- Description:
- Melodeon. Made by Abraham Prescott & Son, Concord, NH, c. 1850. Wooden rectangular box on octagonal wooden legs. Cover hinged in back and slightly forward of center, four ivory button bumpers where cover halves rest upon each other. Center hinge reveals flip-up music stand and 61 ivory and wooden keys. "A. Prescott & Son / Patent / Concord-N.H." in gold calligraphy surrounded by gold scrollwork over keys. "241" stamped into edges of cover on right side of center hinge when center hinge is folded back. Lyre-shaped pedal assembly with metal rods as lyre strings. Two rectangular pedals with brass plates covering ends. Two wooden rods for pedal assembly. Rods have four flat faces, are narrow at ends and widen off-center. One rod has thin metal rods in each end. Exterior wooden and leather bellows disassembled. Label of Tremont Temple Music Store, Boston, inside.
a--box with keyboard
b--bellows
c--pedal assembly
d--wooden rod with metal rods in ends
e--wooden rod
f--pieces of bellows and other hardware - Material:
- Wood
Skeletal
Metal
Leather - Dimensions:
- H-33 W-51.75 D-25 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donor from an antique shop in Peterborough, NH, in 1995. Probably from a home in Hancock or Dublin, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of James and Marguerite Coffey
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