Reed organ
Maker
Camp & Co.
Date1878-1882 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Modelparlor style
Serial No.2399
SignedStencilled in gold lettering on stop board: Camp & Co. Chicago, Ill.MarkingsStencilled in white paint on back of upper portion, behind mirror section: 21 / 13673
Stamped into wood underneath latch on left-hand side of back's middle section: 2399
Handwritten on bar inside of back attached to the keyboard cover: Emerson IA July 11-06E.J.S [or P?]. Chic Ills [Pad?]oka IAR [or H?]. E [or D?]. F.[Chic Ills = Chicago, Illinois?]
DescriptionCamp & Co. [dealers, according to Gellerman, who notes that "some Camp & Co. organs were made by Columbian Organ Co., Grand Crossing , Illinois"]
Date: ca. 1880 [Pierce Piano Atlas, p. 59, gives earliest serial number of 5000 for 1880; but gives no earlier dates for this company; Gellerman, in an email, stated that instruments bearing the Camp & Co. stencil were made between 1878-1882]
Compass: FF-f3 (5 ocatves, 61 keys)
Parlor organ style reed organ with mirror in upper section above music rack. Music rack lifts open to reveal shelves for storing music. Two round candle holders on both sides of music rack. Two knee levers.
Much carving and typical "gingerbread" decoration. Handles on both sides of case.
10 stops (left to right): Principal, Diapason, Dulcet, Bass Coupler, Diapason Forte, [break] Flute Forte, Treble Coupler, Echo Horn, Melodia, Celeste
DimensionsOverall height: 1880 mm
Width: 1150 mm
Depth: 565 mm
ProvenanceAccording to Nancy Edelman, the organ originally belonged to her great, great grandfather (on her Grandmother Hammer's side of the family) Gideon Aberham Boyer (b. Sommerset County, Pennsylvania, March 25, 1839-d. January 24, 1922). See additional genealogical notes from the donor in this file about the Boyer family to whom this organ originally belonged.
Credit LineGift of the Harold L. Edelman Family, 2000
Object number07471
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