Melodeon
Alternate name(s)
- Reed organ
Maker
Xavier Spang
Date1866
Place MadeSyracuse, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.9024
SignedX. Spang. Syracuse N. Y.DescriptionReed Organ in a rectangular case with veneered mahogany
Legs have a decorative piece of cast iron attached
Single keyboard
compass: 6 octaves (FF-f4)
Pitch at A = 452
Dimensionslength: 133 cm
width: 59.6 cm
height: ca. 80.5 cm
ProvenanceDonor purchased melodeon "from Clarence and Della Schanke, October 24, 1966. They had purchased it about eight years prior to that [ca. 1958] from a Mrs. Dollinger in St. James, Minnesota. They were told that it had "belonged to Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury in President Lincoln's cabinet." It had been transported 'by riverboat up the river to Hastings, Minnesota."
Published References"Museum Makes Important Acquisitions Again in 1989," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter XVII, no. 2 (January 1990), p. 1.
Credit LineGift of T. A. Baumgartner, 1989
Object number04665
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