Melodeon (lap organ)

Abraham Prescott (American, 1789–1858)

about 1840

Object PlaceConcord, New Hampshire, United States

Medium/TechniqueRosewood

DimensionsLength 47.7 cm, width 26.1 cm, height with bellows compressed 12 cm (Length 18 3/4 in., width 10 1/4 in., height with bellows compressed 4 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mr. Carl Harmon in memory of his mother, Alice Prescott Harmon

Accession number64.2377

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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ProvenanceBefore 1964, Alice Prescott Harmon; by 1964, by descent to her son, Carl Harmon, Medfield, Massachusetts; 1964, gift of Harmon to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 23, 1985)