This organ was made by Walter Holtkamp in Cleveland, Ohio, around 1934-1936. It has a single keyboard, with a compass of G - g3. The organ's disposition is as follows:
8' Copula 4' Principal III Mixture
This little chamber organ of three stops may be the first mechanical-action organ to be made in an American shop in modern times, although it is not known for sure that Holtkamp made the windchest. It is thought to be the first of approximately seven such instruments made in 1935 and 1936, and apparently remained in the Holtkamp shop until its acquisition by the Smithsonian, in 1981.
This reed organ was made by John M. Scott, in Cadiz, Ohio, around 1860-1865. It is a piano style melodeon marketed as “Melo-Pean.” It has a single keyboard, with a compass of FF - f4. Above the keyboard is stenciled:
This reed organ was made by Melo-Pean Co. in Akron, Ohio, around 1860-1865. It is a piano style melodeon, with a rosewood case. This melodeon has a single keyboard with a compass of FF - f4, and two pedals. There is a stencil above the keyboard:
Melo-Pean Co. AKRON, OHIO
(handwritten inscription inside the case):
Repaired Sept. 9, 1912 by Scott Rowe J.T. Scott Tuner, Aug. 22, 1865
This instrument was donated in memory of the family of Professor Nellie O. Rowe, who was Director of the Conservatory of Music, College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, from 1915-1946.
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