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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

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