Pipe organ
Maker
Henry Erben
Date1838
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
SignedIn black on gold ground on the nameboard: HENRY ERBEN, NEW-YORK.MarkingsIn pencil inside the pallet box: W F Berry March 1st 1838
DescriptionMechanical-action pipe organ. Compass: C to c4 (5 octaves).
Disposition:
Dulciana 8' (open metal from g to c4; stopped wood bass)
Principal 4' (open metal from c to c4; no pipes in bass octave, C to B).
The stops are controlled by two pedals to be held down by the player’s left foot. The right pedal works the feeder bellows.
Case in the form of an Empire-style cabinet, with major visible components of solid mahogany; keywell veneered in rosewood.
DimensionsHeight:1900 mm
Width:1267 mm (maximum at cornice)
Depth: 701 mm (maximum)
ProvenanceDonated by Alan Laufman, Harrisville, New Hampshire, to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1990; their acc. no. 1990.331, deaccessioned.
Credit LineGift of Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007
Object number13402
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