Reed organ
Maker
Packard Company
Date1899-1911 ca.
Place MadeFort Wayne, Indiana, United States, North America
Model485 P.H.º Chapel Organ
Serial No.83992
SignedStencilled in gold-colored lettering above keyboard and stops: Packard / The Packard Company / Fort Wayne, Ind. U.S.A.MarkingsStamped into back panel, top center: 83992
DescriptionCompass: FF-f3 (5 octaves)
Oak case with chip-carved floral patterns throughout.
Two knee levers: crescendo/tutti lever and swell lever.
Seventeen stops: Sub Bass 16 ft., Octave Coupler, Harp Angelica2 ft., Cornet Echo 2 ft., Viola 4 ft., Bourdon 16 ft., Diapason 8 ft., Dulcet Bass 8 ft., Humanola 8ft. Patent, Vox Humana, Dulcet Treble 8 ft., Melodia 8 ft., Cello 16 ft., Flute 4 ft., Celestina 8 ft., Celeste 8 ft., Delicato 8 ft.
DimensionsHeight: 1385 mm
Width: 1430 mm
Depth: 715 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published References“Restoration Program Begun,” Shrine to Music Museum, Inc. Newsletter 1, No. 2 (October 1974), p. 2.
See Sioux City Journal article, September 24, 1974.
See The American Reed Organ, (Vestal Press), p. 146.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02760
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