Hohner Harmonica Revolving Stand
date: label: Date made
content: 1935
name: label: maker
content: Hohner
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This revolving stand was made to display Hohner harmonicas. It has stained wood obelisk-shaped top, matching finish base, and metal handle. The stand has metal clips to support 36 harmonicas of varying sizes and prices. This appears in a 1932 catalog for Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Company in Louisville, Kentucky. As indicated in this catalog, the base contains a wind-up mechanism that can revolve for 3-1/2 hours.
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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Whiteman, Jon. John Whiteman's Harmonica Anthology: Harmonica Photos from Various Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Peter Kassan Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0783.640
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.640
objectType: label: Object Name
content: display stand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 83.185 cm x 27.305 cm x 27.305 cm
label: Measurements
content: display stand: 26 1/2 in x 10 in x 10 in; 67.31 cm x 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: base: 6 7/8 in x 10 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 17.4625 cm x 27.305 cm x 27.305 cm
label: Measurements
content: handle: 9/16 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 in; 1.42875 cm x 16.51 cm x 7.62 cm