Holtkamp Pipe Organ ("Portative")
date: label: date made
content: 1934-1936
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This organ was made by Walter Holtkamp in Cleveland, Ohio, around 1934-1936. It has a single keyboard, with a compass of G - g3. The organ's disposition is as follows:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>8' Copula<br>4' Principal<br>III Mixture</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This little chamber organ of three stops may be the first mechanical-action organ to be made in an American shop in modern times, although it is not known for sure that Holtkamp made the windchest. It is thought to be the first of approximately seven such instruments made in 1935 and 1936, and apparently remained in the Holtkamp shop until its acquisition by the Smithsonian, in 1981.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
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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 Holtkamp Organ Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0014.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0014
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0014.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 91 1/2 in x 65 in x 35 in; 232.41 cm x 165.1 cm x 88.9 cm