Upright walnut parlor organ, stepped pediment top, front features an applied pierced and carved frieze with small wood shelf below for holding music, slanted cover with two recessed geometric shapes, lid retracts into body, ivory keyboard and panel with eight labeled knobs, applied carved scrolled moldings down arms and sides with rosettes in relief, bottom is split into three panels each with a recessed shape, two large foot pedals in center.
parlor organs
Instrument, Keyboard
Organ
Organ, Parlor
Organ, Parlor
"Prescott Organ Co. / CONCORD, N.H." Knobs: "Sub Bass / Flute / Melodia / Forte / Celeste / Viola / Picolo / Gamba" (Paint)
Adams, Amanda Blake
Mosow, Lois Adams
Adams, Nathaniel, Mr.
Vogt, Shirley Adams
Adams, Susan Foster
3129
Prescott Organ Co. (Manufacturer)
Concord, NH; Pittsfield, NH; Chichester, NH
45 x 45 1/2 x 24 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Susan Foster Vogt
2007.8
Historic New England Magazine, Summer 2008.
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