甜瓜 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	甜瓜
品名（英）	Melodeon
入馆年号	1945年，45.54
策展部门	乐器（Musical Instruments）
创作者	Taylor & Farley
创作年份	公元 1850 - 公元 1870
创作地区	美国, 马萨诸塞州, 伍斯特（United States, Massachusetts, Worcester）
分类	Aerophone Free簧片（Aerophone-Free Reed）
尺寸	Instr. 122厘米 x 62厘米 x 82厘米 (includes legs, should stay attached)
介绍（中）	1855年或1856年，西蒙·泰勒在马萨诸塞州伍斯特与约翰·a·法利建立了合伙关系。泰勒之前受雇于蒂莫西·吉尔伯特执事的钢琴工厂。他具有创新精神，并在1866年至1870年间获得了六项与器官相关的专利。在合作开始之前，法利是康科德的一名芦苇制造商，后来在伍斯特站稳脚跟。他在那里的第一个职位是为木工约翰·皮尔森和调音师米尔顿·莫尔斯工作。（大都会博物馆收藏的美国乐器，劳伦斯·利宾，1985年，第199页）技术说明：长方形桃花心木表壳，四条腿弯曲，带卷轴脚，铰链盖，带琴盖和卷轴乐谱架；圆边象牙自然色，乌木意外色，指南针FF-f3（61键）；键盘周围的铰链外壳上下摆动；在键盘正后方的两个钉子上的直角木块，沿着键盘的长度延伸，从键向指南针的上端逐渐变细，指南针将声音向外引导；风箱在它后面，下面是保护区；用两个钢踏板在乐器下面弹奏七弦琴，右边操作风箱，左边通过一系列杠杆操作膨胀快门，到达键盘下面的布铰链木快门；键盘和托盘箱下方的黄铜自由簧片，U形支架末端朝下；通过抽吸操作的簧片。
介绍（英）	Simeon Taylor formed a partnership with John A. Farley in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1855 or 1856. Taylor had previously been employed in the piano factory of Deacon Timothy Gilbert. He had an innovative mind and received six organ-related patents dated between 1866 and 1870. Before the partnership began, Farley was a reed maker in Concord, before establishing himself in Worcester. His first position there was working for the woodworker John Pearson, and the tuner, Milton Morse. (American Musical Instruments in The Metropolitan Museum, Laurence Libin, 1985, p. 199). Technidal description: Rectangular mahogany case on four curved legs with scroll feet, hinged lid with fallboard and scrollwork music stand; round-edged ivory naturals, ebony accidentals, compass FF-f3 (61 keys); hinged casing surrounding keyboard swings up and back; right angled wooden piece on two pegs directly behind keyboard, running length of keyboard and tapering away from the keys toward the upper end of compass, which directs sound outward; bellows behind this, and underneath it the reserve; lyre under instrument with two steel pedals, the right operating the bellows, the left operating a swell shutter through a series of levers to a cloth-hinged wooden shutter underneath the keyboard; brass free reeds beneath keyboard and pallet box with U-shaped holders set ends down; reeds operated by suction.