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Chamber organ

1750–75
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueMahogany
DimensionsHeight 108 cm, width 70.5 cm, depth 31.5 cm (Height 42 1/2 in., width 27 3/4 in., depth 12 3/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1940
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
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