Mechanical Orguinette Company Organette
date: label: date made
content: 1878-1886
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This organette was made by Mechanical Orguinette Company in New York, New York, around 1878-1886. It is an Organette (or Orguinette), hand cranked vacuum system, with 14 freed reeds. Accessioned with 17 paper music strips (Cat. 1991.0132.03 - .19). It is marked:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Mechanical Orguinette Co.<br> New York</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Mechanical Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of May Flewellen McMillan, Ph.D., in memory of Charles Edward McMillan and Eugene Charlton McMillan, Jr., M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0132.02
label: accession number
content: 1991.0132
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0132.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organette
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 36.83 cm x 39.37 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in x 14 in; 21.59 cm x 36.83 cm x 35.56 cm