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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
36 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 292. See the scan on archive.org.
1Case mainly mahogany with rosewood name board. Has 4 large tapering legs turned at top, and 2 bellows formerly worked by 2 treadles. A lever at right under case pulls out, for Crescendo? Compass 6 octaves, FFF to f³. He made his entire instruments including the ivory keys.
3REED ORGANS MADE BY MASON & HAMLIN
5MELODEON made by Mason & Hamlin in Boston in 1852.
6In the Edison Institute, Dearborn, Mich.
7Bellows and swell pedals are made of metal. Has 4 octagonal legs turned at top and bottom.
9† MELODEON inscribed "Mason & Hamlin Organ Co." This was the second organ used in the Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City.
10In the Mormon Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah.
12† CABINET ORGAN inscribed "Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organ." This was the first organ used in Salt Lake City Theatre.
13In the Mormon Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah.
15CABINET ORGANS MADE BY VARIOUS FIRMS
17CABINET ORGAN made by the New England Organ Company, Boston.
18In Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., the M. Steinert Collection of Keyed and Stringed Instruments.
19Case black walnut, sides enclosed, with music cabinets built in on each side. Has 1 Manual—compass 5 octaves, top and bottom notes "F"—11 stops and 2 pedals.
21† MELODEON in a rosewood case made by James S. Parks, Boston about 1855-56. No further information about him.
22In Essex Institute, [address hidden], Salem, Mass. Open daily 9-5 p.m. Location [address hidden]. No. 104,655.
24† MELODEON inscribed "Melodeon No. 1723 Improved Model by Prince & Co."
25At the Lynn Historical Society, [address hidden], Lynn, Mass. Open July & Aug., Wed. & most Sat. afternoons 2-5 p.m. Acc. No. 1762.
26Has 1 manual. Included because this instrument was used by the Hutchinson Family of Lynn—Judson, Abby, John (W.) & Asa, "AEolian Vocalists"—in hospitals for Northern Soldiers in the South during the Civil War to accompany their singing to the soldiers.
28CABINET ORGANS MADE BY S. D. & H. W. SMITH
30CABINET ORGAN built in a rosewood case. Has 4 octagonal tapered legs.
31In the Edison Institute, Dearborn, Mich.
32Has 2 manuals, 5 octaves to each, and 2 stops, one being for the octave.
34† MELODEON inscribed "S. D. & H. W. Smith [address hidden], Boston." Bill for this is dated Sept. 9, 1859, $130. Case mahogany.
35In Essex Institute, [address hidden], Salem, Mass. Open daily 9-5 p.m. Location [address hidden]. No. 119, 177.
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