Moore and Freed Harmonica
name: label: maker
content: Hohner
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by Hohner in Germany, undetermined date. It is a Moore & Freed model, with 4 single holes and 8 reeds. This harmonica has a brown and black stained wooden comb with metal cover plates attached to the top and bottom with rivets, and a metal loop. It is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Moore & Freed</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>HOHNER<br>MADE IN GERMANY</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Harmonica player Carl Freed and multi-instrumentalist Sam Moore performed in partnership on the vaudeville circuit. They toured with an act entitled "Spooning and Ballooning", in which Freed played the spoons and Moore created melodies from a balloon.</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
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content: Popular Entertainment
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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: 1988.0783.009
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 1 1/2 in x 9/16 in; 1.11125 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.42875 cm