Roller organ
Maker
Autophone Company
Date1897
Place MadeIthaca, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.none
Signedon case front: (in gold stenciling) Concert Roller OrganMarkingson top, front, and sides of case, and on either side of keys: (in gold stenciling)
[flowers and medallions]DescriptionOrganette employing a pinned wooden cylinder, or cob, the pins directly activating hinged valve keys. Cob is turned by hand-cranked gearing, which also works the bellows.Walnut case; painted gold stencils of flowers and medallions on top, sides,
front, and to right of keys. Glass hinged lid over cob and key area. Printed-paper directions underneath wood hinged lid on back of case top. Twenty metal keys.
Cobs 6.5 in. long.
DimensionsCase: 17 in. (430 mm) x 15 in. (380 mm) x 12-3/8 in. (320 mm)
Credit LineGift of George Albert and Mary Brandt Jensen Brandt, 1986
Object number04029
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