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- Melodeon, 1847-1855 -
- 1847-1855
- Collections - Artifact
Melodeon, 1847-1855
- Printing Plate with Image of a Melodeon -
- Collections - Artifact
Printing Plate with Image of a Melodeon
- Packard Foss & Company Melodeon, 1850-1854 -
- 1850-1854
- Collections - Artifact
Packard Foss & Company Melodeon, 1850-1854
- Estey New Salon Reed Organ, 1882 - Reed organs with elaborate casework graced the parlors of many middle-class Americans during the last quarter of the 19th century. Less expensive to purchase than pianos, parlor organs like this J. Estey and Co. "New Salon" model were made in the latest furniture styles.
- 1882
- Collections - Artifact
Estey New Salon Reed Organ, 1882
Reed organs with elaborate casework graced the parlors of many middle-class Americans during the last quarter of the 19th century. Less expensive to purchase than pianos, parlor organs like this J. Estey and Co. "New Salon" model were made in the latest furniture styles.
- Accordion, 1890-1895 -
- 1890-1895
- Collections - Artifact
Accordion, 1890-1895
- Mason & Hamlin Melodeon, 1876 -
- 1876
- Collections - Artifact
Mason & Hamlin Melodeon, 1876
- Reed Organ -
- Collections - Artifact
Reed Organ
- Reed Organ -
- Collections - Artifact
Reed Organ
- Roller Organ, circa 1890 - Inexpensive hand-cranked reed organs were an affordable and instant way to have music at home during the late 19th century. The "Concert Roller Organ" has a small roller or "cob" pinned with one tune in a spiral pattern. The organ sold for between $3.25 and $7.60, with additional rollers selling for 18 cents.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Roller Organ, circa 1890
Inexpensive hand-cranked reed organs were an affordable and instant way to have music at home during the late 19th century. The "Concert Roller Organ" has a small roller or "cob" pinned with one tune in a spiral pattern. The organ sold for between $3.25 and $7.60, with additional rollers selling for 18 cents.