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Reed organ
Small cabinet reed organ in a mahogany casework, with a keyboard of 61 keys (four octaves, plus eight notes), six stops in playing condition (diapason, viola, tremulant, seraphone, voix celeste, and melodia), and two knee levers. It has two foot treadles that operate the bellows and activate the free reeds.
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1874–1900 - Maker:
Mason & Hamlin [Corporation] - Collection:
Saffron Walden Museum - Inventory number:
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Boston (Timezone: America/New_York) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:412.132 Sets of free reeds
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- Decorative elements:Mesh panels with floral designs. Tiles-style overlay on foot treadles.
- Inscriptions:Decals on name board: [award medals: Paris 1878, Sweden 1878, Philadelphia 1876] Mason & Hamlin. [award medals: Santiago 1875, Vienna 1873, Paris 1867]|Painted on tray desk in gothic script: Style. 279. No. 136826.|Paper label on knee lever: PATENTED / Full Organ (gothic script) / JAN. 20. 1874.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:412.132 Sets of free reeds
- Repository:Saffron Walden Museum
- Measurements:Height: 1300mm; Width: 980mm; Depth: 460mm