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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
28 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 291. See the scan on archive.org.
1INSTRUMENTS BY BOSTON AND EUROPEAN MAKERS
3ILLUSTRATIONS OF PIANOFORTE ACTIONS AND PLATES
4A. Babcock's skeleton iron plates in Daniel Spillane's History of the American Pianoforte plate opp. p. 120, also in Alfred Dolge's Pianos and Their Makers p. 50.
5J. Chickering's full iron plate in Dolge's book p. 51.
6T. Gilbert's action in Spillane's book, plate opp. p. 120.
8ASTOR PIPE ORGAN PIANOFORTE
9UNIQUE INSTRUMENT. The organ pipes are underneath the square pianoforte case. Has 4 stops.
10In the Steinert Collection of Keyed and Stringed Instruments. To see apply to M. Steinert & Sons Company, Inc., [address hidden], Boston, Mass.
12Lap Organs, Melodeons, Cabinet Organs
13*LAP, ELBOW OR ARM ORGAN. Similar to instruments made by James Bazin of Canton. Possibly made by him around 1800?
14At the North Andover Historical Society, North Andover, Mass. Open Mon., Wed. and Sat. 2-5 p.m. No. 217.
15Has a piano keyboard with a compass of 4 octaves, top and bottom notes C. Gift of M. T. Stevens Sept. 1920. History unknown.
17INSTRUMENTS BY JAMES A. BAZIN
18*ORGAN, lap organ size enclosed in a box. Unusual number of keys and has couplings.
19At the Canton Historical Society, [address hidden], Canton, Mass. To see write to Mr. Walter Hall, Curator, [address hidden], Canton.
20Case mahogany? Bellows operated by raising and lowering a handle projecting from one end of box. Set lengthwise in an opening in the top are four rows of small flat metal keys, oblong in shape with rounded ends, set on wires. The two center rows consist of lettered natural keys and the corresponding sharp keys marked merely with a design. These keys are set at the ends of wires connecting with the keys of the outer rows. When the outer keys are depressed the inner key on the same wire and, by some coupling device, two octaves of the same note are all depressed at once, except in the case of "D" when three are depressed. Compass 4 octaves, top and bottom notes "D."
22*ORGAN PIANOFORTE in an oblong case like an early pianoforte.
23At the Canton Historical Society, [address hidden], Canton, Mass.
24Case light colored mahogany, with 4 slender plain tapering legs. Formerly had 3 stops and 2 treadles for the 2 bellows. Lever under case for swell? Compass 5 octaves and 1 note, bottom note "G" top "A."
26*ORGAN PIANOFORTE inscribed "James A. Bazin's Patent Organ Pianoforte Canton, Mass." painted on.
27At the Canton Historical Society, [address hidden], Canton, Mass.
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