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Orchestral Organette and Music Scrolls
Orchestral Organette and Music Scrolls

Orchestral Organette and Music Scrolls

Dateabout 1885
DimensionsComponent (height x width x depth including turning cranks of organette): 14 3/16 x 17 1/16 x 16 1/4in. (36 x 43.3 x 41.3cm)
Component (height x diameter of each music scroll): 6 1/4 x 1 9/16in. (15.9 x 4cm)
ClassificationsInstruments
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionWooden organette and fifteen song rolls.
Object number2005.154.0a-q
Markings"Symphonia/ Wilcox & White Organ Co./ Meriden Conn." is printed in gold lettering inside the lid of the organette. A manufacturer's label is also affixed inside the organette, near where the music scroll is inserted.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Sara White Lee, 1950.234.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Captain Lemuel White
    1780s-1790s
    Museum purchase, 1981.42.7  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Holbrook Apparatus Mfg. Co.
    1850-1900
    1984.119.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Holbrook Apparatus Mfg. Co.
    1850-1900
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.80a-bb © 2016 The Connec…
    Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.81a-t © 2016 The Connect…
    Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
    Humidograph with Key
    The Bristol Company
    1930s
    Tape Measure
    Stanley Tools
    Gift of William Porter, 1843.19.0  © 2005 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    before 1843
    Gift of the Richard Welling Family,  2011.465.14  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Richard Welling
    Gift of the Richard Welling Family,  2011.465.16  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Richard Welling