Harp-o-chord Harmonica/Zither
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This instrument was made by an unknown maker in Columbus, Ohio, after 1899. It is a Harp-o-Chord model, combination harmonica and zither. The removable harmonica, in the key of G, has 10 single holes and 20 reeds. It has a red-stained wooden comb with metal cover plates attached to the top and bottom with screws and nuts. The zither is six course (3x1, 3x3) with a brown stained wood body, gold-stenciled sound hole, and printed instructions inside the body visible through the soundhole. The instrument has a metal tag:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>HARP-O-CHORD</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This instrument features U. S. Patent #627569, dated June 27 1899, by Carl E. Brown for a musical instrument.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Columbus
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Harmonicas
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Peter Kassan Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0783.570
label: patent number
content: 627569
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.570
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica/autoharp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 8 in x 11 in; 41.91 cm x 20.32 cm x 27.94 cm