Mason & Hamlin Reed Organ: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mason & Hamlin Reed Organ: date made: 1876. maker: Mason & Hamlin. Object Name: organ.
The object in the museum catalogue
This reed organ was made by Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1876. It is a cabinet style pump organ, serial #34435, with a single keyboard, with a compass of FF - f3, a knee stop, and two pedals. The organ’s stop list is as follows:
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1876
- maker: Mason & Hamlin
- Object Name: organ
- Physical Description: rosewood (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 36 in x 41 in x 22 in; 91.44 cm x 104.14 cm x 55.88 cm
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- ID Number: MI.63.802
- catalog number: 63.802
- accession number: 243150
- serial number: 34,435
- Credit Line: Bequest of Lillian Duncan
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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