The Collection
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CATALOG-OF-PIANOS-ORGANS-AND-OTHER-MUSICAL-INSTRUMENTS-Jan-2016
CATALOG OF PIANOS AND ORGANS
Pianos ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………...........………………………. 11
GEORGE ASTOR, square piano #3358, circa 1810, London……………………………………………………………………… 11 Attributed to GEORGE ASTOR, upright piano #2314(?), circa 1820, London…………………………...................…………………… 12
JOHN BLAND, square piano, circa 1790, London …………………………………………………………..........………………………… 13
BLUTHNER, grand piano #26082, circa 1875, Leipzig, Germany ……………………………………….............………………………. 15
JOHN BROADWOOD, square piano #299, 1784, London …………………………………………………............……………………… 17
JOHN BROADWOOD, grand piano #3360, 1806, London…………………………………………………….............…………………… 19
JOHN BROADWOOD, square piano #39116, 1830, London …………………………………………………….............……………….. 25
JOHN BROADWOOD, grand piano #772, 1852, London………………………………………………………….............……………….. 27
JOHN BROADWOOD, grand piano #18103, 1852, London………………………………………………………….............……………. 28
JOHN BROADWOOD, grand piano #9275, 1877, London…………………………………………………………............………………. 31
JOHN BROADWOOD, upright piano #52672, 1879, London ……………………………………………………………….35 CHICKERING, square piano #1467, 1833, Boston……………………………………………………………………………………......… 36
CHICKERING, square piano #6381, 1844, Boston………………………………………………………………….........………………… 38
CHICKERING, square piano #9558, 1849, Boston…………………………………………………………………………..……………… 40
CHICKERING, square piano #10298, 1850, Boston…………………………………………………………………………..……………. 44
CHICKERING, square piano #14467, circa 1852, Boston …………………………………………………………………………………. 45
CHICKERING, square piano #19195, 1857, Boston…………………………………………………………………………..……………. 45
CHICKERING, upright piano #69391, 1885, Boston………………………………………………………………………………………… 46
CHICKERING, upright piano #71542, 1885, Boston………………………………………………………………………………………… 46
CHICKERING, upright piano #112054, 1908, Boston………………………………………………………………………….……………. 46
MUZIO CLEMENTI, square piano #5503, 1807, London……………………………………………………………………….….……….. 47
COLLARD & COLLARD, grand piano #5609, additional #554, circa 1853, London ………………………………………........………. 50
JACOB DOLL, Grand a la Pompadour upright piano #34116, 1900, New York …………………………………………….........……… 51
ERARD, grand piano #19026, 1875, London ………………………………………………………………………………….....…….……. 52
GAVEAU PARIS, upright piano #5794, circa 1868………………………………………………………………………………..…….…… 53
GEIB & WALKER, square piano #6714, cabinet #246, circa 1840, New York …………………………………………………......….… 54
Attributed to TIMOTHY GILBERT, Cocked Hat Grand #3038, 1860, Boston……………………………………………….......………... 56
HALLET & CUMSTON, square grand #7230, Boston…………………………………………………………………..…………………... 57
HALLET & DAVIS, grand piano #7545, 1855, Boston ………………………………………………………………..………………….…. 57
HAMPTON, small table piano #3-247, circa 1940? ………………………………………………………………………………...……..… 58
HEITZMANN, upright transposing piano, #18313, 1901, Toronto, Canada ……………………………………………………..........….. 59
HICKS & SON, upright piano #56263 (on keys 1 & 2), London(?)………………………………………………………………..……..… 60
FRANZ HÖDL, grand piano #922, circa 1875, Vienna …………………………………………………………………………………...… 62
J & J HOPKINSON, upright piano #44803, circa 1890, London………………………………………………………………………..….. 63
KIMBALL, upright piano, with Pianocorder mechanism, #10579, 1890, Chicago ………………………………………………............. 64
JACOB KIRKMAN, square piano #529, circa 1840, London ……………………………………………………………………….....…… 64
KNABE, concert grand piano #10922, 1927, Baltimore, Maryland ……………………………………………………………......……… 65
LONGMAN & BRODERIP, Musical Instrument Makers, square piano,#4180, London………………………………..........…..………. 66
LOUD BROTHERS, square piano #1176, circa 1830, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ………………………………….....………..……… 68
MASON & HAMLIN, upright piano #2280, Boston ………………………………………………………………………………….........…. 70
MATHUSHEK, square piano #4644, 1870, New Haven, Connecticut ……………………………………………………………..……… 71
MATHUSHEK, square piano #1376, circa 1900, New Haven, Connecticut………………………………………………...….…………. 72
HENRY F. MILLER, concert grand piano #19837, 1890, Boston………………………………………………………………...………… 74
HENRY F. MILLER, upright pedal piano #27883, 1898, Boston ………………………………………………………………...…....…… 74
PLEYEL?, grand piano, circa 1825 ………………………………………………………………………………………………....………… 76
PLEYEL, grand piano #22047, 1856, Paris……………………………………………………………………………………...…………… 79
PLEYEL, grand piano #66073, 1877, Paris…………………………………………………………………………………….......………… 81
RADECKER & LUNAU, square piano #3035, circa 1845, Lubeck, Germany ……………………………………………................…… 83
RINALDI, upright piano #1943, 1850(?), Paris ………………………………………………………………………….......…..…….…….. 84
ERNST ROSENCRANTZ, grand piano #6161, 1862, Dresden, Germany…………………………………………...........…..….……… 85
SEMPLE, small table piano, circa 1875(?), Glasgow, Scotland ………………………………………………………...........…...………. 86
B. SQUIRE & SON, upright piano #23203, circa 1860, London……………………………………………………...........……...………. 87
ANDRE STEIN, square piano, circa 1820, Vienna, Austria ………………………………………………………….........………...…….. 88
STEINGRAEBER, upright piano #1529, 1865, Bayreuth, Bavaria ……………………………………………………..........……...……. 89
STEINWAY, square piano #1027, 1856, New York ……………………………………………………………………………….…....……. 90
STEINWAY, square piano #5011, 1861, New York ………………………………………………………………………………….…....…. 90
STEINWAY, grand piano #9395, 1864, New York …………………………………………………………………………………….……... 91
STEINWAY, square piano #16620, 1867, New York ……………………………………………………………....…………………….….. 92
STEINWAY, square piano #20030, 1870, New York ………………………………………………………………....………………….….. 92
STEINWAY, square piano #20541, 1870, New York …………………………………………………………………....……………….….. 93
STEINWAY, upright piano #59475, 1887, New York……………………………………………………………………....……………..….. 93
STEINWAY, upright piano #73854, 1892, New York………………………………………………………………………....…………..….. 93
STEINWAY, upright piano #77218, 1893, New York…………………………………………………………………………....……..…….. 94
STRICH & ZEIDLER, upright piano #2763, 1898(?), New York ………………………………………………………………......……….. 94
THOMAS TOMKISON, upright piano #893, London …………………………………….....……………………………………………….. 96
Unknown maker, square piano, circa 1780, Germany(?)…………………………………….....…………………………………...……… 97
GEORGE WATTS, cabinet upright piano, circa 1830, London ………………………………….....……………………………..……….. 98
WILKINS & NEWHALL, square piano #691, 1845, Boston …………………………………………....…………………….…………… 101
WOODWARD & BROWN, square piano #2922, 1849, Boston …………………………………………....……………………....…….. 103
Organs ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………....…………………………. 105
A. ALEXANDRE, transposing reed organ, circa 1860, Paris ………………………………………………….....…………........………. 105
BALLON & CURTIS, fold-up melodeon, #433, Concord, New Hampshire ………………………………………....……………...…… 106
BARTLETT, reed organ, Deerfield, New Hampshire ………………………………………………………………….....………………… 107
BECKWITH, reed organ, Chicago ………………………………………………………………………………………….....…………….. 107
CESARINI & CIE, reed organ, Paris…………………………………………………………………………………………….....………… 108
DE BAIN, fold-up reed organ, circa 1845…………………………………………………………………………………………..........….. 110
…… ESTEY, reed organ, piano style #370970, Brattleboro, Vermont ……………………………………………………….....…....…. 112
ESTEY, church organ, model “T” #437710, circa 1920, Brattleboro, Vermont ……….....…………………………………………….... 113
MASON & HAMLIN, melodeon #243 (6 or 0), circa 1860, Boston ……………………….....…………………………………..……….. 114
MASON & HAMLIN, melodeon #2435, circa 1860, Boston ………………………………….....…………………………………...……. 115
MASON & HAMLIN, melodeon #145, circa 1854(?), Boston…………………………………….....……………………………....…….. 116
MASON & HAMLIN, reed organ, handwritten date of 1864, Boston……………………………….....……………………........………. 116
MASON & HAMLIN, reed organ #88595, Style 219, 1888, Boston …………………………………….....……………….....…………. 117
PAGE POTTER & COMPANY, melodeon #5099, circa 1860, Ansonia, Connecticut……………………....……………………..……. 117
SCHONINGER, reed organ, circa 1875, New Haven, Connecticut …………………………………………....……...………………… 118
S. D. & H. W. SMITH, double keyboard melodeon #2048, 1857, Boston………………………………………....…….........…………. 118
Unknown maker, cabinet pipe organ, circa 1575 ……………………………………………………………………....………………..… 120
Unknown makers, three melodeons, fold up, circa 1860 ………………………………………………………………....…….....……… 128
Music Boxes, Et Cetera………………………………………………………………………………………………………....…......……… 129
GEM, roller organ, 1907 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………....………… 129
GEM, three other roller organs ……………………………………………………………………………………………………........……. 130
Autophone organette, circa 1885 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….....…....…… 130
Ariston organette …………………………………....…………………………………………………………………………………………. 131
Miscellaneous organettes, late 19th century………....…………………………………………………………………………………...... 132
Metronomes……………………………………………….....……………………………………………………………………………….… 132
CRITERION, disc music box, circa 1895 ………………….....……………………………………………………………………..………. 133
Unknown maker, cylinder music box ………………………….....……………………………………………………………….....………. 133
Unknown maker, two cylinder music boxes ……………………….....………………………………………………………........……….. 134
HICKS, cylinder pipe organ, circa 1875, London…………………….....……………………………………………………......………… 134
Paper roll music for various roller organs ……………………………….....……………………………………………………......……… 134
JNO HICKS, Automatron, London …………………………………………….....………………………………………………….....……. 135
MUNROE, paper roll music box/New Home sewing machine roller organ …....…………………………………………………...…… 136
Unknown maker, bird cage …………………………………………………………......……………………………………………………. 136
Swiss music box, circa 1890 …………………………………………………………….....………………………………………………… 137
Miscellaneous, roller organs ……………………………………………………………….......…………………………………………….. 137
Automatic Musical Instruments………………………………………………………………….....…………………………………………. 138
AEOLIAN ORCHESTRELLE, Style V #5008, circa 1907, New York …………………………...........………………………………….. 138
COINOLA, orchestrion, Style “K”?, circa 1920, Chicago ……………………………………………….............………………………… 141
GEORGE STECK, reproducing grand piano #65387, 1921, New York ………………………………………...............………………. 141
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KNABE, reproducing grand piano #87116, 1919, Baltimore, Maryland…………………………………………………....................… 141
Ampico and Duo Art reproducing rolls………………………………………………………………………...........……………………….. 142
RAUDENBUSH, player piano #22803, 1916, Saint Paul, Minnesota…………………………………………….................…………… 142
WILCOX & WHITE, Angelus, Pushup Player/Reed Organ #2431, 1901, Meridian, Connecticut …………………........................... 142
PIANOLA, push up player #4316, New York ……………………………………………..........…………………………………………… 144
MELVILLE CLARK, Apollo push up player, Chicago, Illinois …………………………………............………………………………….. 145
Attributed to ALESANDRO CAPRA, cylinder piano, circa 1890, New York(?) ………………………...................……………………. 147
G CAPRA & QUAGLIA, cylinder piano …………………………………………………………………………………......………………. 149
Unknown maker, cylinder piano ………………….........…………………………………………………………………………………….. 151
Unknown maker, cylinder organ ………………………........……………………………………………………………………………….. 151
Unknown maker, cylinder pipe organ ……………………….........…………………………………….…………………………………… 151
Unknown maker, street organ ……………………………………….......…………………………….…………………………………….. 152
Miscellaneous Instruments …………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….. 153
ERARD, harp #497, 1815, Paris………………………………………….....……………………………………………………………….. 153
LINDEMAN, harp #221, circa 1910, Chicago, Illinois …………………………………............………………………………………….. 157
JAMES MACKENZIE, hammer dulcimer, piano harps, circa 1875…………………………………………...............…………………. 158
ABBOTT, harpsichord ………………………………………………………………………………………………………...………………. 164
ZUCKERMAN, harpsichord, circa 1977 ………………………………………………………………………….......…………………….. 165
DUSTY STRINGS, hammer dulcimer, model 300N, #12374, Seattle, Washington …………………....................………………….. 165
Unknown maker, hammer dulcimer, circa 1875………………………………………………………………….......…………………….. 166
SANTORE, dulcimer, Pakistan(?) …………………………………………………………………………......…………………………….. 166
WURLITZER, toy grand piano, circa 1930(?)……………………………………………………………………..………………………… 167
E. D. BOOTMAN, tuning device, circa 1864, Edmeston, Otsego County, New York ………………………………….……………….. 167
VIRGIL, practice clavier #1180, April 28, 1892 ………………………………………………………………....………………………….. 170
VIRGIL, practice clavier #6568……………………………………………………………………………......……………………………… 171
DEARBORN & BARTLETT, reed organ, 1845 ……………………………………………………….......………………………………… 171
A. PRESCOTT, lap organ, Concord, New Hampshire……………………………………………………...……………………………… 172
S. B. BARTLETT, lap organs …………………………………………………………………………………………...…………………….. 172
Clavichord………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 172
Clavichord, homemade ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………. 173
Unknown maker (MUSTEL?), celeste …………………………………………………………………………………......….……………. 173
Set of wood stopped flute organ pipes ……………………………………………………………………………………..........…………. 173
Ranks of organ pipes ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……….. 174
Piano Stools and Benches ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………........... 175
Claw foot piano chair ………………………………………………………………………………………………….....……………………. 175
Rectangle top stool ………………………………………………………………………………………………………....…………………. 175
Square top stool ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………… 175
Claw foot bench ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………… 175
Claw foot bench …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…………… 175
Toy and Miniature Instruments ……………………………………………………………………………………………………....………. 176
Toy upright piano, circa 1900…………………………………………………………………………………………………………........…. 176
Toy grand piano……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….... 177
Old Music and Advertising ………………………………………………………………………………………………………............…… 178
Six antiphonal pages, 14th–16th century…………………………………………………………………...........…………………………. 178
Printed music leaves…………………………………………………………………………………………………....……………………… 181
Four-drawer, file cabinet of piano manufacturer advertising materials, 1880–1980…………………………………………………..… 181
Piano music, 1825–1900 ………………………………………………………………………………………….....……………………….. 182
Copper printing plates, and copies of the Catholic Mass in the Dakota language. ………………………........................…………… 183
Band and Orchestra Instruments ………………………………………………………………………………...………………………….. 184
Clarinet, circa 1800……………………………………………………………………………………………………....…………………….. 184
Flute, circa 1800 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………… 184
Lute, circa 1910 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………. 184
Two accordions …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……. 185
Accordion ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………. 185
Three concertinas………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……. 185
Two wooden boxes of string instruments…………………………………………………………………………………............………… 185
Large box of antique brass instruments…………………………………………………………………………………………...………… 186
GEIB, Civil War drum ………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………….. 186
Civil War confederate bugle…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 187
About 150 orchestra instruments ……………………………………………………………………………………………….…………… 188
Phonographs …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 190
Ten phonographs, with cylinder records ……………………………………………………………………………………....……………. 190
Four phonographs, with flat records……………………………………………………………………………………………...………….. 192
About 25 large phonograph horns …………………………………………………………………………………………….…….……….. 194
Piano Rolls and Music Box Discs…………………………………………………………………………………………………….………. 195
About 1,000 player piano rolls and a box of discs for a music box ……………………………………………………………....………. 195
History of the Piano…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..........………….. 196