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Melodeon (lap organ)

(active 1844–1848)
about 1845
Object PlaceConcord, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/TechniqueRosewood
DimensionsOverall: 12.7 x 30.5 x 58.4 cm (5 x 12 x 23 in.)
Rosewood case: 17.8 x 35.6 cm (7 x 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of Laurence Leonard
Accession number2006.1359
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceSeptember 15, 1968, sold by Lee Collins, Georges Mill, New Hampshire, to Laurence Leonard; 2006, gift of Leonard to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 20, 2006)
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