Prescott melodeons are lap organs made by Abraham Prescott (1789-1858) in Concord, New Hampshire, between 1845-1855. Prescott was an early American maker of melodeons who focused on them after opening his shop in 1831. His melodeons are also known as "elbow" organs, "rocking" melodeons, or lap organs. They have a rectangular rosewood case, double bellows, and a single keyboard with a compass of C
