Swiss Pipe Organ: Museum Object and Cultural History
Swiss Pipe Organ: date made: 1775-1799. Object Name: organ. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This pipe organ was made by an undetermined maker, possibly in Toggenburg, Switzerland, around 1775-1799. It has a single keyboard, with a compass of C - c3. The organ’s stop list is as follows:
8' Gedeckt 4' Principal 4' Flute 2' Octave 1 1/3 Quint 1' Octave
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1775-1799
- Object Name: organ
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: paint (overall material)
- Physical Description: ivory (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 81 in x 67 1/4 in x 36 1/2 in; 205.74 cm x 170.815 cm x 92.71 cm
- place made: Switzerland
- ID Number: MI.71.01
- accession number: 290540
- catalog number: 71.01
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Lukas F. Burckhardt
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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