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Chamber organ
Chamber organ

Chamber organ

Hilborne L. Roosevelt (1849–1886)
1885 or 1886
Object PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/TechniqueCherry
DimensionsHeight 149.6 cm, width 147.1 cm, depth 73.8 cm (Height 58 7/8 in., width 57 15/16 in., depth 29 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lehman
Accession number1976.132
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance1889, Trinity Church (Episcopal), Van Deusenville (near Great Barrington), Massachusetts, according to Trinity Church records from 1889, "the parishioners have, by subscription, purchased a new portable pipe organ (Roosevelt make)." By 1965, used-furniture dealer, Housatonic, Massachusetts; 1965, sold by used-furniture dealer to Mr. and Mrs. Lehman, New York; 1976, gift of the Lehmans to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1976)