Erben Pipe Organ: Museum Object and Cultural History
Erben Pipe Organ: date made: 1848. Object Name: organ. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This pipe organ was made by Henry Erben in New York, New York, in 1848. It has a single keyboard, with a compass of C - c4, and a pedalboard (no separate pedal pipes), with a compass of C – c. The organ’s stop list is as follows:
8' Dulciana (from c) 8' Flute (from c) 4' Principal 8' Diapason bass (C - B)
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1848
- Object Name: organ
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: ivory (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 35 1/4 in x 50 in x 29 in; 89.535 cm x 127 cm x 73.66 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York City
- ID Number: MI.69.17
- accession number: 283514
- catalog number: 69.17
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Howard Brown
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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