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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
30 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 293. See the scan on archive.org.
1* CABINET ORGAN inscribed on name board "S. D. & H. W. Smith Boston Juvenile Organ."
2At the Fitchburg Historical Society, [address hidden], Fitchburg, Mass. Open Sept. 15th to June 15th Thursdays and Sundays 2-5 p.m.
3Case black walnut encloses the instrument completely like a small cabinet. Compass 5 octaves, FFF to f². Has 2 pedals. Width 37 in., depth 18 3/4 in., height, including top of case when closed, 32 3/4 in. Used by Cyrus Thurston in his singing school.
5* MELODEON labelled in old English letters "S. D. & H. W. Smith Boston."
6At the North Andover Historical Society, North Andover, Mass. Open Mon., Wed., & Sat. 2-5 p.m. No. 249.
7Case rosewood with lyre supports. Compass 5 octaves FFF to f². Two pedals. Gift of the Fisher Estate April 1922 from the Harriet Fisher place on the turnpike.
9CABINET ORGAN BY GEORGE WOODS & CO.
11CABINET ORGAN by George Woods & Co. of Boston.
12In Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., the M. Steinert Collection of Keyed and Stringed Instruments.
13Case black walnut and mahogany with open side supports. Has 1 manual—5 octaves, top and bottom notes "F"—7 stops, and 2 pedals.
15Organs
17EUROPEAN MAKE
19BRATTLE ORGAN, probably the first pipe organ in New England. Smith, Harris and Jordan of England, makers. For description see pp. 140-1.
20In St. John's Church, Portsmouth, N. H. Is still played occasionally.
22* OLIVER HOLDEN'S ORGAN. Inscribed in painted old English letters "Astor & Company, [address hidden], London." Probably made about 1798.
23In Old State House, [address hidden], Boston, Mass., property of The Bostonian Society.
24Has 1 manual, 53 note range, CC to f², which swings outward when in use, 4 stops—Principle, St. Bass, St. Treble and Op. Diap.—and is blown by foot power. Pipes are hidden by the wire netting and silk of the doors. Owned and used by Oliver Holden when composing, notably "Coronation" in 1830. Organ presented by Mr. Holden's granddaughter, Mrs. Fannie A. Tyler.
26* ORGAN inscribed in painted old English letters "William Gray New Road Fitzroy Square, London, 1805."
27In Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University, [address hidden], Cambridge, Mass. Played occasionally.
28The 1 manual pulls out, compass almost 5 octaves, lowest note "G" top "F."
29Has 10 stops—on left Sesquialtera, Flute, Principal, Open Diapason, Stop. Dia. Bass; on right Cornet, Fifteenth, St. Dia. Treble, Dulciana and Oboe; and also a Tremolo. Case dull finish mahogany decorated with flower medallions of carved wood. See also pp. 154-5.
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