Object Details
- Description
This organ was made by Abraham Prescott in Concord, New Hampshire, around 1845-1855. It is a melodeon (lap organ) with a rectangular rosewood case, double bellows, single keyboard, with a compass of C - c3. This instrument is also known as an “elbow” organ, “rocking” melodeon, or lap organ. The swell knob plate is inscribed:
A. PRESCOTT
MANUFACTURER
CONCORD
N.H.Abraham Prescott (1789-1858) was one of the most prolific of the bass viol makers. A self-taught instrument maker, he began his craft in Deerfield, New Hampshire, in 1809 and moved his business to Concord in 1831, where he continued to make violoncellos, bass viols, and double basses (and later reed organs and pianos) until about 1850. Prescott instruments are often fitted with machine-head tuning gears instead of more usual pegs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hugo Worch
- 1845 - 1855
- ID Number
- MI.299856
- catalog number
- 299856
- accession number
- 61285
- Object Name
- organ (lap)
- Physical Description
- rosewood (overall material)
- ivory (overall material)
- ebony (overall material)
- place made
- United States: New Hampshire, Concord
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Organs
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_606049
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-3f90-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
