Hohner Examina I Harmonica Tester
date: label: date made
content: 1970s
name: label: maker
content: Hohner
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This Harmonica Tester was made by Hohner in Germany, 1970s.
label: Description
content: It is an Examina I Harmonica Tester model. This tester has a silver covered paper bellows mechanism with a wooden top mounted on a wooden base. There are two felt covered slots with holes for placing harmonica to test operability, without having to physically play the harmonica. Brand new, in original cardboard box.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Examina I was used by music vendors to test Hohner harmonicas.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
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: The Peter Kassan Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0783.495
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.495
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica tester
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 4 7/8 in x 2 in; 25.4 cm x 12.3825 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: harmonica tester: 2 13/16 in x 4 7/8 in x 10 in; 7.14375 cm x 12.3825 cm x 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 2 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 13.335 cm x 26.67 cm