Description: Barrel Organ, English Chamber
Acquired How: Donation
Acquired From:
Sidney Malitz
Acquired On: March 31, 2000
Current Status: Display
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Description of Music:
Additional Notes: "Similar to one in MBSI's "Music in Time" Catalog, pp.16-17 with the exception that the cartouche beneathe the façade pipes is less elaborate.. Previously in the collection of Howard and Helen Fitch. It is pictured in Bower's Encyclopedia p. 785. Three ranks of 16 pipes each plus drum and triangle. Five stops: Drum, Stopped Diapason of 15 wooden pipes, Principal of 14 pewter and 1 wooden pipe, Fifteenth of 15 pewter pipes, Triangle. Three barrels, two of which not in use are stored in the base of the organ. Barrels 1 and 2 are 5-1/4"d., barrel 3 is 6-1/8"d. giving 20% more playing time. Pinned length of each barrel is 17-1/4". Mahogany case,dimensions 57"h. x 25-1/2"w. x 17-1/2"d.