Grand Harmonicon
Object type: Grand Harmonicon
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: American
Artist: Francis Hopkinson Smith
Artist bio: American, Baltimore, Maryland 1838–1915 New York
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: American
Date: ca. 1830
Medium: Wood, glass
Dimensions: Width: 90.5 cm (35-5.8 in.); Diam: 53.3 cm (21 in.); Height: 21.5 cm (8-7/16 in.); case 93.8 cm (36-15/16 in.); total Diam. of glasses: 7.9 -12.6 cm (3-1/8 - 4-15/16 in.)
Classification: Idiophone-Friction
Geography:  Baltimore   United States  
Credit line: Purchase, Mrs. Norma F. Finer Perl Gift, in memory of Albert B. Finer, by exchange, and Gift of Mrs. Barbara Wendel Kerr, 1989
Accession year: 1989