Prince & Co. Reed Organ (Melodeon)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This reed organ was made by George A. Prince & Co. in Buffalo, New York, about 1850. It is a portable melodeon, also called a "singing teacher's organ" with a rosewood case, collapsible legs, bellows pedal and a small pedal on the left front leg. It has a single keyboard, with a compass of C - c3. The instrument has a printed paper label:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>No. 4409<br>IMPROVED MELODEON<br>MANUFACTURED BY<br>PRINCE & CO.<br>PATENTED DEC 28th, 1846</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This instrument features U. S. Patent #4912 dated December 28, 1846, by Jeremiah Carhart for bellows for musical instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
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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 Delia Curtis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.248299
label: accession number
content: 48146
label: catalog number
content: 248299
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ (melodeon)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (keys material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: organ in case: 9 in x 31 1/4 in x 17 in; 22.86 cm x 79.375 cm x 43.18 cm