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Reed organ

Date: 1888-1894 ca.
Place Made:Moline, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No: 5712
SignedStencilled in gold-colored lettering above keyboard: Peterson Thulin & Co. Moline Ill. U.S.A.
MarkingsStencilled in gold-colored lettering, left of stops: MOLINE
Stencilled in gold-colored lettering, right of stops: ORGAN
Stamped into back side of case, near top edge: 5712
DescriptionCompass: FF-f3 (5 octaves)

Wood case.
Two knee levers.

Ten stops (player's left to right): Bass Coupler, Diapason, Echo Horn, Viola, Forte, Vox Humana, Celeste, Dulcet, Melodia, Treble Coupler
DimensionsHeight: 1250 mm
Width: 1240 mm
Depth: 575 mm
ProvenanceUsed in a country church north of Brookings in the 19th century.
Credit Line: Gift of Harriet Montgomery, 1983
Not on view
Object number: 03282