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Melodeon

(American, 1776–1842)
1838
Object PlaceRoxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, maple
Credit LineGift of Kenneth T. Pinhero and family in memory of Barbara J. Pinhero
Accession number2010.956
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 1990, Dr. Roger M. Rowell, Madison, Wisconsin; by May 1990, sold by Rowell to Kenneth T. Pinhero, Portsmouth, NH; 2010, gift of Pinhero to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2010)
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