Hohner Official Scout Harmonica
date: label: date made
content: 1980s
name: label: maker
content: Hohner
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by Hohner in China, 1980s. It is a Hohner Official Scout harmonica in the key of C, with 10 holes and 20 reeds. It has a plastic comb with metal cover plates attached with screws and nuts to the top and bottom. Accessioned with original paper box and instruction sheet. The harmonica is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Official Scout<br>Harmonica HOHNER<br>MADE IN CHINA</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and a printed decal on the box):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Official Scout Harmonica<br>HOHNER<br>[Boy Scouts logo].<br>Manufactured by Hohner with permission by the Boy Scouts of America</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica is an example of types of harmonicas by Hohner, Inc. that were sent to American troops stationed in the Middle East during the 1980s.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
topic: label: referenced
content: Boy Scouts of America
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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 Hohner, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0045.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0045.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0045
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: harmonica: 7/8 in x 3 15/16 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 10.00125 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 1/16 in x 4 5/16 in x 1 3/8 in; 2.69875 cm x 10.97661 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: leaflet: 1/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 1/2 in; .635 cm x 7.3025 cm x 3.81 cm