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1984.10.1

ID Number: 1984.10.1
Category: T&E For Communication
Sub-category: musical T&E - wind
Item Type: reed
Item Name: organ
Materials: Wood, Rosewood IVORY TEXTILE, UNKNOWN FINISH, VARNISH WOOD, EBONY
Measurements: overall: 28 1/2 in x 28 7/8 in
Description: Rosewood with dark brown varnish; beige fabric strip attaches pedal to organ (fabric nailed to underside of pedal); wooden, rectangular pedal is covered with black rubber stair treading; lid is hinged in the middle, folds back to reveal 50 ebony and ivory-topped keys; folding legs are held in folded position with turnscrews on underside on either end; picture wire runs down left front to peg attached to left front leg; three red fabric strips laid in recesses behind the keyboard; rectangular piece of oilcloth attached to wallpapered bottom plank of bellows.
History: Dates to the founding of All Saints' Anglican Church on City Hall Square. The church traces its beginnings to 1852, when the first Anglican services in Windsor were conducted in a school. The present church was opened in 1857. See also 984.10.2 Associated with the organ was the 1845 Canadian Church Psalmody - the property of "M. Richards". Mark Richards was a baker, who probably served as the church's first organist.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Subjects

All Saints Church / Église All Saints organization

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