Gebrüder Ludwig Accordion
date: label: Date made
content: 1888-1892
name: label: maker
content: Gebruder Ludwig
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This accordion was made by Gebrüder Ludwig, in Zwota, Saxony, Germany, around 1889-1905. It has double bellows, 3 bass keys, 10 treble buttons, and 2 stops. This accordion is embossed:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>GEBR: LUDWIG'S<br>ACCORDEON<br>REGISTERED<br> TRADEMARK<br>MADE IN GERMANY</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Gebrüder Ludwig was founded as a harmonica manufacturer in 1844 by Friedrich Adolph Ludwig. In 1864 younger brother Franz Louis Ludwig opened a shop in Zwota, and around 1889 Gebrüder Ludwig were making accordions.</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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Llewellyn N. Edwards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.0725
label: accession number
content: 257193
label: catalog number
content: 65.0725
objectType: label: Object Name
content: accordion
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 10 1/4 in x 9 7/8 in; 14.2875 cm x 26.035 cm x 25.0825 cm