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- OBJECT TYPE
- MECHANICAL/HAND CRANKED/14 NOTE/MCTAMMANY TYPE
- DATE
- 1880–1889
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0459.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Abbot, F.W. & Co.
- MODEL
- ORGUINETTE
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BODY; METAL CRANKS, WHEELS ETC.; PAPER MACHE? REELS; PAPER ROLL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 68.6 cm
- Width
- 36.7 cm
- Height
- 19.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Music
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Abbot
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
W.F. Abbot, based in Montreal, made or distributed a number of organette models that were copies of, or similar to, machines of American manufacture. - Function
-
PLAYS 14 NOTES USING PERFORATED PAPER ROLL & BRASS REEDS - Technical
-
This is a style of 14-note organette made by the thousands according to a design devised by John McTammany of Cambridgeport, Massachussetts in1876. This example is nearly identical to the Style C Mechanical Orguinette of the Mechanical Orguinette Company of New York City, which was produced as early as 1880. For more information see: Kevin A. McElhone, The Organette Book (2202), pp. 163, 165, 298, 312, - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GOLD LETTERING ON ENDS OF TOP COVER READING 'W.F. ABBOT & CO./ MONTREAL CANADA' ON ONE END & 'MECHANICAL ORGUINETTE' ON OTHER, WITH CURVILINEAR ORNAMENTATION/ GOLD PAINTED CROWN? MOTIF ON TOP, GEOMETRICAL & DIAMOND PATTERN ON SIDES, FLEUR-DE-LIS & LINEAR PATTERN ON REELS/ RED STAMPED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE APPEARS TO READ 'PATENTED/ 1878 187?/ F.W. ABBOT & CO/ SOLE MANUFACTURER AND/ PATENTEE/ MONTREAL CANADA'; SHEET WITH OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ATTACHED TO UNDERSIDE (SEE SUPP.INFO.)
- Missing
- ONE LEG; RUBBER ON ROLLERS; PIECE OF TOP COVER
- Finish
- VARNISHED BROWN WOOD BODY; BLACK PAINTED WOOD CRANK HANDLEGRIPS; DARK BROWNREELS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Abbot, F.W. & Co., Organette, between 1880–1889, Artifact no. 1984.0459, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0459.001/
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