Invention for Improvement in Dulcimers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1867
label: patent date
content: 1867-12-31
name: label: unspecified
content: U.S. Patent Office
label: inventor
content: Durand, Ezra
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Durand's improvement in "Dulcimers" was his only patent. He owned a dulcimer shop in Connecticut and offered instructional literature in the use of the instrument.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Norwich
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Invention and the Patent Model
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.332324
label: catalog number
content: 332324
label: accession number
content: 94380
label: patent number
content: 72,824
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.4 cm x 15 cm x 29.5 cm; 2 1/8 in x 5 29/32 in x 11 5/8 in