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Melodeon (lap organ)
James Amireaux Bazin (American, 1798–1883)
about 1840
Object Place: Canton, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Rosewood
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 23 x 61.3 cm (3 15/16 x 9 1/16 x 24 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Howard A. Jewell Trust
Accession Number2010.954
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
ProvenanceBy the 1980s, found in a garage by an unidentified woman (a client of Mr. Jewell's), Bridgewater, Massachusetts; by the 1980s, gift of unidentified woman to Howard A. Jewell, Taunton, Massachusetts; 2010, gift of the Howard A. Jewell Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2010)
Etude No. 34, from Zundel's Melodeon Instructor, 1853
Composed by John Zundel
Performed by Darcy Kuronen