Parlor

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.