Packard Reed Organ (Melodeon)
date: label: date made
content: 1848 - 1852
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This reed organ was made by C.H. Packard in North Bridgewater, Massachusetts, around 1848-1852. It is a lyre-leg style melodeon, single keyboard, with a compass of C - c3. The instrument arrived in the museum without pedals. The instrument has a printed label:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MANUFACTURED BY<br>C. H. PACKARD<br>North Bridgewater, Mass.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Brockton
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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.096410
label: catalog number
content: 96410
label: accession number
content: 30431
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ (melodeon)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: organ without legs: 7 in x 29 1/2 in x 15 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 74.93 cm x 40.005 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: one leg: 24 1/2 in x 14 in x 1 in; 62.23 cm x 35.56 cm x 2.54 cm