Matchless Burdett organ, The
This 1876 catalogue from the Burdett Organ Company of Erie, Pennsylvania, presents its reed organs to prospective buyers and dealers through engraved views of each model. The pictures show upright cabinet organs in dark varnished wood, with carved scrollwork panels, pilasters, fretwork and foot-operated pedals, rendered in fine line engraving. A designer could draw on their ornate Victorian joinery, pierced fretwork and carved brackets for decorative furniture motifs or period woodwork patterns.
