Mason & Hamlin Reed Organ: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mason & Hamlin Reed Organ: date made: 1880-1885. Object Name: organ (Melodeon). Object Name: organ.
The object in the museum catalogue
This reed organ was made by Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. in Boston, Massachusetts, around 1880-1885. It is a portable reed organ, model 109 with a single manual, with a compass of F - g2, and two pedals. This instrument was sold by Mason & Hamlin as a "Baby" organ.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1880-1885
- Object Name: organ (Melodeon)
- Object Name: organ
- Measurements: overall: 32 in x 30 in x 14 1/2 in; 81.28 cm x 76.2 cm x 36.83 cm
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- ID Number: MI.74.03
- catalog number: 74.03
- accession number: 307854
- Credit Line: Gift of Irma Gordon Dumville
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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