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Regal   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Regal
Object type Classification: 91451
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English: Regal organ, wooden case, turned corner uprights, three stops with wooden knobs, ivory and ebony keys, inlaid wood on sides, dark green leather bellows with painted wood handle-fretwork, stand with metal feet, design in lid with cloth underneath, regal torch painted on lid, metal vent pull attached to wood vent cover, red felt under keys 1 ‘Regal organ’ maker unknown, Leipzig, Germany, circa 1840 teak, ivory, ebony, leather, metal, felt, 473 x 270 x 175 mm labelled ‘IMPORTED BY - CHAPPELL and CO. LTD. - 50 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON’ and ‘97770’ 1998.60.128 Castle 201 (purchased Burt) The regal organ is a descendant of the reed organ of the middle ages. It can be played by either one or two people. A single person usually plays the instrument on the knees or a table, working the bellows with one hand and keyboard with the other. It has a range of three octaves provided by the three hand stops and creates ‘a sweet tone’. It was purchased by Zillah Castle from ‘the widow of Burt, Wellington who has a musical instrument shop and was a local musician.’
Date 20 Oct 1998; Circa 1840; 10 Oct 1998
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length: 473mm
width: 270mm
depth: 175mm

notes: length 473 x width 270 x depth 175 mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1998.60.128
Place of creation Europe; Leipzig; Germany
Credit line The Zillah Castle and Ronald Castle Collection of Musical Instruments, (201), collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1998.60.128
Notes Museum Tag: Castle collection
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