Melo-Pean Reed Organ (Melodeon)
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1865
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This reed organ was made by Melo-Pean Co. in Akron, Ohio, around 1860-1865. It is a piano style melodeon, with a rosewood case. This melodeon has a single keyboard with a compass of FF - f4, and two pedals. There is a stencil above the keyboard:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Melo-Pean Co.<br>AKRON, OHIO</p>
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content: <p>(handwritten inscription inside the case):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Repaired Sept. 9, 1912 by Scott Rowe<br>J.T. Scott Tuner, Aug. 22, 1865</p>
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content: <p>This instrument was donated in memory of the family of Professor Nellie O. Rowe, who was Director of the Conservatory of Music, College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, from 1915-1946.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Ohio, Akron
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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 Evelyn Rowe Tomlinson in memory of the family of Professor Neille O. Rowe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.74.01
label: catalog number
content: 74.01
label: accession number
content: 307855
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ (melodeon)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 1/4 in x 56 1/4 in x 25 1/2 in; 89.535 cm x 142.875 cm x 64.77 cm