Concert Roller Organ
date: label: date made
content: 1885-1899
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This roller organ was most likely made by the Autophone Company in Ithaca, New York, around 1885-1899. It is a Concert 20-note model, with 20 reeds and a hinged glass front cover. This roller organ plays a metal-pin-studded wooden cylinder also called a “cob.” A hand crank activates the vacuum bellows and turns the cylinder. When a pin in the roller comes in contact with the hinged end of one of the organ valves it causes the valve to lift, allowing air into the reed chamber and sounding the desired note. Printed paper directions are attached to the inside of the rear cover. Accessioned with 28 wooden rolls (MI.74.11a.01-.28). Stencilled on top of the roller organ:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Concert Roller Organ</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Mechanical Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.74.11
label: catalog number
content: 74.11
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: roller organ
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 18 1/8 in x 18 1/4 in; 31.75 cm x 46.0375 cm x 46.355 cm