Parlor
Filled with art from ceiling to floor, the Parlor was meant to impress. It is a female space and Cremora’s domain.
The Parlor was a formal space that was used exclusively for entertaining guests such as lady callers. It was also place to demonstrate a families taste, culture, social graces, and status. Cremora might entertain callers with an afternoon tea or with an evening filled with music. In this room there are:
- Kranich and Bach square grand piano built in 1875. Square grands offered something like the sound of a concert grand but in a very small footprint. They were common until the beginnings of the 20th century.
- Stella music box. The music is recorded on steel disks. These disks, with their holes and spaces, are actually an early form of digital music.
- Melodeon. The Melodeon was a type of pump organ. The 1870 photo on the wall is this actual instrument pictured with a father who was teaching his 16 year old daugther how to play.
