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Reed organ
Maker: Packard Company
Date: 1899-1911 ca.
Place Made:Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: 485 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.
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
Width: 1430 mm
Depth: 715 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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.
See Sioux City Journal article, September 24, 1974.
See The American Reed Organ, (Vestal Press), p. 146.
Object number: 02760