Bazin Reed Organ (Harmonium)
date: label: date made
content: 1825 - 1850
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This organ was made by James A. Bazin in Canton, Massachusetts, around 1825-1850. It is a harmonium, with a rosewood case, four legs, 2 pedals, and a single keyboard, with a compass of C - c3. The instrument is stamped (on a reed):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>BAZIN</p>
label: Description
content: <p>James Amireaux Bazin (1798-1883) was an American musical instrument maker of some of the earliest examples of reed instruments, such as lap organs, in the United States.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Canton
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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 Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.315658
label: catalog number
content: 315658
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ (harmonium)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: organ (harmonium) without legs: 17 in x 34 1/4 in x 23 1/2 in; 43.18 cm x 86.995 cm x 59.69 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: one leg: 24 in x 3 3/4 in; 60.96 cm x 9.525 cm