Melodeon (lap organ)
Charles Austin
(American, 1813–1884)
about 1850
Object PlaceConcord, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/TechniqueRosewood
DimensionsLength 47.7 cm, width 25.9 cm, height with bellows compressed 11.8 cm (Length 18 3/4 in., width 10 3/16 in., height with bellows compressed 4 5/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1948
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Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
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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)
