Prescott Reed Organ (Melodeon)
date: label: date made
content: 1838-1842
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This reed organ was made by Abraham Prescott in Concord, New Hampshire, around 1835-1837. It is a small melodeon, with a rosewood case, single keyboard, with a compass of C-c3, and a pedal activated bellows suspended below the instrument. The instrument is marked:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>A. PRESCOTT<br>MANUFACTURER.<br>CONCORD<br>N.H.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Abraham Prescott (1789-1858) was an early American maker of melodeons, who concentrated on them after setting up his shop in Concord, New Hampshire in 1831. "Melodeon" is defined as a reed organ with a simple stand, rather than a cabinet-style enclosure, which descends to the floor. Reed organs gradually went out of fashion, as upright pianos became affordable and easily available around 1910.</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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jay A. Lewis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0085.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0085
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0085.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 28 3/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 76.2 cm x 73.025 cm x 39.37 cm