Reed organ (Phys Harmonica)
Emilius Nicolai Scherr
(American, 1794–1874)
about 1830–40
Object PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/TechniqueRosewood case
DimensionsOverall: 50.8 x 91.4 x 86.4 cm (20 x 36 x 34 in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number2018.16.1
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceDr. New (probably Charles B. New, b. 1810 – d. 1877), Pass Christian, MS; 1877, sold by the estate of Dr. New to his sisters, Katherine Adair Monroe (b. 1817- d. 1900) and Polly Monroe (b. 1820- d. 1913), Pass Christian; gift of the Monroes to their niece, Eliza Leovy (later Mrs. Alfred Lovell Hall, b. 1854/55 – d. 1920), Pass Christian; by descent from Mrs. Hall to her brother, Frank Adaire Leovy (b. 1870 – d. 1949) and his wife, Augusta Glenny Leovy (b. 1871 – d. 1942), Pass Christian; 1949, by descent to their daughter, Helen Walton Leovy Carrigan (b. 1903 – d. 1982), Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Pass Christian; by descent to her niece, Courtney Brady, Boston, MA; 2018, sold by Courtney Brady to the MFA. (Accession date: February 21, 2018)
