Köstler Swing Band Harmonica
name: label: maker
content: Köstler & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This harmonica was made by Köstler & Co. in Germany U.S. Zone, around 1945-1949. It is a Swing Band model, in the key of C, with 10 single holes and 20 reeds. This harmonica has a yellow and black stained wooden comb with metal cover plates attached to the top and bottom with screws and nuts. Accessioned with original metal box. The harmonica is engraved:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>SWING BAND<br>MADE IN GERMANY U.S. ZONE</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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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: 1988.0783.523
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.523
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: harmonica: 3/4 in x 4 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 7/8 in x 4 3/16 in x 1 5/16 in; 2.2225 cm x 10.63625 cm x 3.33375 cm