Bartlett Reed Organ (Lap)
date: label: date made
content: 1843 - 1847
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This organ was made by Daniel B. Bartlett in Concord, New Hampshire, around 1843-1847. It is a melodeon (lap organ) with a rectangular rosewood and maple case, double bellows, ivory buttons (24 naturals, 17 accidentals), with a compass of F - a2. This instrument is also known as an “elbow” organ, “rocking” melodeon, or lap organ. The swell knob is marked:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>D. BARTLETT<br>MANUFACTURER<br>CONCORD<br>N.H.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire, Concord
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.204639
label: catalog number
content: 204639
label: accession number
content: 36196
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ (lap)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 18 7/8 in x 10 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 47.9425 cm x 27.305 cm
label: Measurements
content: with bellows expanded: 9 5/8 in; 24.4475 cm