Concert Roller Organ
date: label: date made
content: 1885-1899
notes: label: Description (Brief)
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 34 wooden rolls (1984.0843.01-.34). Stenciled on top of the roller organ:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
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: Popular Entertainment
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content: Mechanical Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Hobert W. and Virginia A. Turner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0843.35
label: accession number
content: 1984.0843
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0843.35
objectType: label: Object Name
content: roller organ
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: in case: 17 in x 19 3/4 in x 14 1/4 in; 43.18 cm x 50.165 cm x 36.195 cm