Wilhelm Thie Double Harmonica
date: label: date made
content: 1875 - 1880
name: label: maker
content: Thie, Wilhelm
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by Wilhelm Thie in Vienna, Austria, around 1875-1880, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a double model, with 48 double holes and 48 reeds. This harmonica has a black painted wooden comb with brass cover plates attached with small nails to the top and bottom. The harmonica is embossed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>WILHEM THIE<br>[awards]<br>IN WIEN</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a double harmonica (#5782), for $15.00 per dozen.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Austria: Vienna
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Harmonicas
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055662
label: catalog number
content: 55662
label: accession number
content: 11535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (reed covers material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: zinc (reed plates material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 2 in; 2.2225 cm x 22.225 cm x 5.08 cm