Kasriel Reed Organ (Harmonium)
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This reed organ was made by M. Kasriel in Paris, France, around 1848-1852. It is a table-top harmonium, with a single keyboard, compass of F - g2. Bellows on top of the instrument are activate by the left hand, and the right hand plays the keyboard. There are three stops, one labeled “Flute 3,” the other two are unidentified. There is an enameled disc below the keyboard inscribed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>HARMONIUMS<br>MADE IN FRANCE<br>les Petits Fils<br>M. KASRIEL<br>PARIS</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Louis Maurice Kasriel (1815-1899) was a Polish-born musical instrument maker. He moved to Paris in 1839, setting up a shop making harmoniums, harmoniflutes, and guide-chants. The firm continued to make harmoniums until 1984.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Organs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Peter H. Brandt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.393724
label: catalog number
content: 393724
label: accession number
content: 209347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ (harmonium)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 20 7/8 in x 10 in; 24.765 cm x 53.0225 cm x 25.4 cm