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Organ (regal)

(German, active late 17th century)
1692
Object PlaceSouthern Germany or Austria
Medium/TechniqueWalnut
DimensionsLength 65.7 cm, width 18.9 cm, case height 9.9 cm (Length 25 7/8 in., width 7 7/16 in., case height 3 7/8 in.)
Credit LineEdward F. Searles Musical Instrument Collection—Gift of Edward S. Rowland, Benjamin A. Rowland, Jr., George B. Rowland, Daniel B. Rowland, Rodney D. Rowland and M.A. Swedlund in memory of their father, Benjamin Allen Rowland
Accession number1981.746
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 1920, sold by source unidentified, probably in Europe, to Edward F. Searles (1841-1920), Methuen, Massachusetts; by 1920, by inheritance to B. Allen Rowland (1910-1991), New Castle, New Hampshire; 1981, gift of the estate of B. Allen Rowland¸ Lawrence, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1992)
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