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Organ (Positive)

about 1700
Object PlaceSouthern Germany or Austria
Medium/TechniqueSpruce
DimensionsHeight 113.5 cm, width 81.9 cm, depth 81.9 cm (Height 44 11/16 in., width 32 1/4 in., depth 32 1/4 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1939
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
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)
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