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Catalog Number |
0000.047.001 |
Object Name |
Instrument, Woodwind |
Date |
circa 1846 |
Place of Origin |
USA, Indiana, New Harmony |
Place |
USA, Indiana, New Harmony |
Description |
Fauntlerolicon. Musical woodwind instrument instrument with 8 "valves" varying in sizes and a hole and bracket on the underside for another one. Round in shape and made of wood. Has a wooden pin or gear used to insert crank for use. No identifying marks. |
Provenance |
Card: "Fauntlerolicon. Musical instrument invented by Robert Henry Fauntleroy. See this in Library Museum. See Western Atlas, Oct. 1, 1846. Use crank to play." |
Notes |
Robert Henry Fauntleroy purchased a house in New Harmony in 1840. Letter to the editor in Western Atlas, October 1, 1846: "MR. EDITOR:---Your bottle of curious construction, and "Hoosier Apple-Tree," are great Natural curiosities, in their own way; but there is a curiosity, the invention of a young gentleman of New Harmony, which I think rather surpasses the "Mysterious Bottle." It is no less than a Musical Box or instrument, which (though nothing resembling the common musical boxes of the day,) can, by being operated on by a small crank, in the hands of the inventor, be made to accompany the most difficult pieces of music. As yet, the inventor has only used it as an accompaniment, but is sanguine in his expectations of perfecting the instrument in a short time./ED.CLARKE." |
Dimensions |
H-5 W-19.75 D-21 inches |
Made |
Robert Henry Fauntleroy |
Material |
Metal/Wood |
People |
Fauntleroy, Robert Henry |