Packard Reed Organ (Melodeon): Museum Object and Cultural History
Packard Reed Organ (Melodeon): date made: 1848 - 1852. Object Name: organ (melodeon). Physical Description: wood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This reed organ was made by C.H. Packard in North Bridgewater, Massachusetts, around 1848-1852. It is a lyre-leg style melodeon, single keyboard, with a compass of C - c3. The instrument arrived in the museum without pedals. The instrument has a printed label:
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1848 - 1852
- Object Name: organ (melodeon)
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: ivory (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: organ without legs: 7 in x 29 1/2 in x 15 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 74.93 cm x 40.005 cm
- Measurements: overall: one leg: 24 1/2 in x 14 in x 1 in; 62.23 cm x 35.56 cm x 2.54 cm
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Brockton
- ID Number: MI.096410
- catalog number: 96410
- accession number: 30431
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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