Snetzler Pipe Organ
date: label: date made
content: 1761
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This pipe organ was made by John Snetzler in London, England, in 1761. It has a single keyboard, with a compass of GG/c - e3 (no GG3, AA#, BB). The organ’s stop list is as follows:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>8' Open Diapason (treble only)<br>8' Stopped Diapason<br>4' Flute<br>2' Fifteenth<br>II Sesquialtera (bass)<br>II Cornet (treble)<br>Swell shutter in lid of case<br>Machine stop</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Dr. Samuel Bard of Philadelphia and New York, a physician who attended George Washington, is believed to have imported this organ from England shortly after its manufacture. Signed and dated :john Snetzler fecit London 1761” inside the pallet box under the keyboard, this instrument is typical of the many chamber organs many by Snetzler.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>In addition to its use in Dr. Bard's homes, this organ was moved to the Episcopal Church of Hyde Park, New York, and several other locations. While on loan to the Collection of the New York State Historical Society in Cooperstown, N.Y., it was purchased by the Smithsonian from heirs of its original owner, restored in the shop of C. B. Fisk, and accessioned in the collections in 1969.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.69.05
label: accession number
content: 283575
label: catalog number
content: 69.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ
label: Object Name
content: Snetzler Pipe Organ
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 95 in x 58 in x 35 in; 241.3 cm x 147.32 cm x 88.9 cm