Appleton Pipe Organ
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This pipe organ was made by Thomas Appleton in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1844. It has a single keyboard, with a compass of GG – f (no GG#), and pedal. The organ’s disposition is as follows:</p>
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content: <p>8' Open Diapason, bass and treble (break at f# / g)<br>8' Stopped Diapason<br>8' Dulciana (from g)<br>8' Hautboy (from g) (rare and original pipes)<br>4' Principal (full compass)<br>2 2/3' Twelfth<br>2' Fifteenth<br>4' Flute<br>Pedal (GG-g)<br>Pulldowns only</p>
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content: <p>This organ was built for the Free Street Baptist Church, Portland, Maine, and moved in 1872 by E. and G. G. Hook to the Baptist Church, Buxton, Maine. It was rescued in 1961 by Peter Perkins and acquired by Charles Fisk in 1964. It was first lent to St. Stephen's Church, Boston, 1965-1967. After a time in the Fisk shop in Gloucester, Massachusetts, it was lent to Our Lady of Good Voyage Church in Gloucester, and then acquired by the Smithsonian in 1982.</p>
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Currently not on view (bench)
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content: Currently not on view (organ parts in blueboard boxes)
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content: Currently not on view (pipes)
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content: Currently not on view (wooden pipes, wind trunk)
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content: Currently not on view (organ parts)
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content: Currently not on view (bellows, wind chest)
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0791.01
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content: 1982.0791
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content: 1982.0791.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: ivory (overall material)
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content: ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: crate 4860: 108 in x 56 in x 25 in; 274.32 cm x 142.24 cm x 63.5 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 163 in x 116 in x 107 in; 414.02 cm x 294.64 cm x 271.78 cm
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content: crate 4866: 72 in x 114 in x 27 in; 182.88 cm x 289.56 cm x 68.58 cm
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content: crate 4865: 40 in x 84 in x 59 in; 101.6 cm x 213.36 cm x 149.86 cm
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content: crate 4862: 56 in x 100 in x 21 in; 142.24 cm x 254 cm x 53.34 cm
label: Measurements
content: crate 4863: 38 in x 45 in x 27 in; 96.52 cm x 114.3 cm x 68.58 cm
label: Measurements
content: crate 4867: 38 in x 112 in x 51 in; 96.52 cm x 284.48 cm x 129.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: crate 4864: 38 in x 100 in x 51 in; 96.52 cm x 254 cm x 129.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: crate 4861: 44 in x 49 in x 29 in; 111.76 cm x 124.46 cm x 73.66 cm