This reed organ was made by M. Kasriel in Paris, France, around 1848-1852. It is a table-top harmonium, with a single keyboard, compass of F - g2. Bellows on top of the instrument are activate by the left hand, and the right hand plays the keyboard. There are three stops, one labeled “Flute 3,” the other two are unidentified. There is an enameled disc below the keyboard inscribed:
HARMONIUMS MADE IN FRANCE les Petits Fils M. KASRIEL PARIS
Louis Maurice Kasriel (1815-1899) was a Polish-born musical instrument maker. He moved to Paris in 1839, setting up a shop making harmoniums, harmoniflutes, and guide-chants. The firm continued to make harmoniums until 1984.
This reed organ was made by Alexandre Pere et Fils in Paris, France, around 1897-1899. It is a harmonium with a single keyboard, with a compass of C - c3. This instrument has 4 full ranks reeds, 2 half ranks, and 2 pedals.
Jacob Alexandre (1804-1876) formed a company in Paris making accordions and harmonicas, in 1829. Jacob Alexandre’s son, Edouard (1824-1888) joined the firm in the mid-1840s when the company began producing instruments under the name “melodeum organs,” as the name “harmonium” was registered by French inventor Alexandre-François Debain (1809-1877). Originally called “Alexandre et Fils” the firm’s name later became “Alexandre Père et Fils.” The company was acquired by the Fortin Brothers in,1907.
This long wooden pipe has a square cross-section, and tapered foot that could fit into a windchest. The stamped inscription reads “RUDOLPH KOENIG / A PARIS.” This was used at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Three organ pipes: one wood, one brass, and one cardboard. Each is stamped “RUDOLPH KOENIG / A PARIS.” This set came from the Department of Physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
This barrel organ was mad by made by Gavioli & Cie. in Paris, France, after 1867. It is guitar-shaped, with 8 tunes. This barrel organ has 26 keys, and is hand cranked. There is a leather shoulder strap to use while playing the barrel organ. This barrel organ has a cast medallion:
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1867 A PARIS MÉDAILLE DE BRONZE GAVIOLI & CIE DEUX MLES D’ARGENT SIX MLES D-OR
Footed, conical, glass show bottle with faceted ground-glass stopper and a gold-colored label with red and black border. Bottle is full of round, dark capsules. Riodine, chemical formula (C18-H33-O3-1H)3-C3-H5, is an organic derivative of iodine.
SEE MG.59672.03 for Riodine capsules in their commercial packaging.
This item is part of a collection of pharmaceutical products exhibited by the French companies, Astier Pharmacie and Clin et Cie., at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco, California, in 1915. Following the close of exhibition, the objects were donated to the Smithsonian by the French Commission to the exposition.
Footed, glass show bottle with faceted ground-glass stopper and a gold-colored label with red and black border. Bottle is full of round, dark capsules. Riodine, chemical formula (C18-H33-O3-1H)3-C3-H5, is an organic derivative of iodine.
SEE MG.59672.03 for Riodine capsules in their commercial packaging.
This item is part of a collection of pharmaceutical products exhibited by the French companies, Astier Pharmacie and Clin et Cie., at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco, California, in 1915. Following the close of exhibition, the objects were donated to the Smithsonian by the French Commission to the exposition.
Three (3) brown glass bottles with cork stoppers. Bottles are wrapped in green and red patterned paper with a green, red, and white paper label on the front side. The top of the wrapper is torn off on all three specimens revealing the top of the bottle inside and part of the paper insert which is wrapped around each bottle. One bottle has a red, white, and blue shield-shaped paper seal on the back: "U. S. Customs / Panama Pacific International Exhibition / Exhibit / Serial No. 1697 / case No. P A 3 / Lot No. 18 bottles"
Indications: Cardio-vascular and chronic respiratory diseases, scrofula, lymphatism, obesity, and in all cases requiring the use of ieither iodine or iodides, especially when these disagree with the patient. [1917 advert. The Lancet]
Dose: 2 to 6 pearls (capsules) per day, to be taken after eating
Maker: Pharmacie Astier, 72 Avenue Kleber, Paris.
Riodine, chemical formula (C18-H33-O3-1H)3-C3-H5, is an organic derivative of iodine.
This item is part of a collection of pharmaceutical products exhibited by the French companies, Astier Pharmacie and Clin et Cie., at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco, California, in 1915. Following the close of exhibition, the objects were donated to the Smithsonian by the French Commission to the exposition.
This wooden organ pipe has a square cross-section, reed assembly at the top, and tapered foot that could fit into a windchest. The stamped inscription reads “RUDOLPH KOENIG / A PARIS.”
Ref: Rudolph Koenig, Catalogue des Appareils d’Acoustique (Paris, 1889), p. 47.
This type of air pressure regulator was designed by Aristide Cavaillé-Colle (1811-1899), a distinguished organ builder in Paris. The Smithsonian Institution purchased this example sometime between 1865 and 1878. The inscription reads “RUDOLPH KOENIG / À PARIS.” According to Koenig, this instrument was of great utility, especially for experiments with a siren.
Ref: David Pantalony, Altered Sensations: Rudolph Koenig’s Acoustical Workshop in Paris (2009).
Rudolph Koenig, Catalogue des Appareils d’Accoustique (Paris, 1865), p. 17.
This engraving is from the “Chimie” section of vol. 3 of the Recueil de Planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques (Paris, 1763), of the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers organized by Denis Diderot and other philosophes. It is the second of the series of plates representing chemical apparatus. The figures run from 8 to 21 and represent various furnaces.
“Pl. II” appears at the upper right. The “Goussier del.” signature at the bottom left refers to Jacques-Louis Goussier, the artist who drew more than 900 plates for the Encyclopédie. The “Desehrt fecit” signature at lower right refers to a French engraver of the period.
