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Portative organs

Scope note

Small portable organs furnished with flue pipes, carried by a strap around the player's neck or shoulder; the bellows were worked by the left hand and the keyboard by the right.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300041695

Broader Terms used

organs (aerophones)

Equivalent Terms used

portative organ

Created

13yrs ago

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