Organette
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REED/HAND CRANKED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0074.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Aeolian Organ & Music Co.
- MODEL
- CELESTINA, IMPROVED
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 21635
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD/ BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.0 cm
- Width
- 33.5 cm
- Height
- 36.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Music
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Aeolian
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY IN THE EARLY 1900'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
PLAYS EITHER 20 NOTE ROLLS OR LOOPS (PUNCHED PAPER) - Technical
-
THE ORGANETTE WAS PERHAPS THE CHIEF SOURCE OF INEXPENSIVE MECHANICAL MUSIC IN THE AMERICAN HOME (1870S TO 1900). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- WOOD CASING - DARK STAIN; VARNISHED/WOOD PARTS OF MECHANISM- NATURAL COLOUR; VARNISHED
- Decoration
- CASING HAS AN ORNATE STENCILLED PATTERN IN GOLD
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Aeolian Organ & Music Co., Organette, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1979.0074, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0074.001/
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