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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Not on viewClassificationsMusical 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)
