Dumont-Noirtin Barrel Organ: Museum Object and Cultural History
Dumont-Noirtin Barrel Organ: date made: 1795-1805. unspecified: Worch, Hugo. Object Name: barrel organ.
The object in the museum catalogue
This barrel organ was made by Louis Dumont-Noirtin in France, around, 1795-1805. It is a barrel organ, with 12 tunes. This instrument has a pinned wooden barrel, 16 keys, and 48 pipes. This barrel organ is hand cranked and has three stops: all open pipes, 7 open and 9 closed pipes, and all closed pipes. There is a paper label on the cylinder with the maker’s name.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1795-1805
- unspecified: Worch, Hugo
- Object Name: barrel organ
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 23 3/4 in x 21 in x 13 3/4 in; 60.325 cm x 53.34 cm x 34.925 cm
- place made: France
- ID Number: MI.299847
- accession number: 61285
- catalog number: 299847
- Credit Line: Gift of Hugo Worch
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
Sources and reuse
Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.
Sources
More in Music
Keep reading
