Hohner Marine Band Harmonica
name: label: maker
content: Hohner, M.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by M. Hohner in Germany, undetermined date. It is a Marine Band No. 1896 model in the key of C, with 10 single holes and 20 reeds. This harmonica has a light brown and black stained wooden comb with metal cover plates screwed to top and bottom. Accessioned with original cardboard box. The harmonica is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MARINE BAND<br>M. HOHNER<br>U.S.A. PATENT AUG 24TH 1897<br>MADE IN GERMANY</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica features U.S. Patent #588920 for an improvement in mouth-harmonicas, submitted by Jacob Hohner.</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: 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: 1988.0783.122
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.122
label: patent number
content: 588920
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: 9/16 in x 4 in x 1 in; 1.42875 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: harmonica: 5/8 in x 4 in x 1 1/16 in; 1.5875 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.69875 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 15/16 in x 4 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 2.38125 cm x 10.795 cm x 3.175 cm