Duss Band Double Harmonica
name: label: retailer
content: B & J
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by J. S. Duss in Germany, for B. & J. Importers, undetermined date. It is a Duss Band Double model in the keys of C and G, with 32 double holes and 64 reeds. This harmonica has a black stained wooden comb with metal cover plates nailed to the sides. It is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>REG.U.S. DUSS BAND PAT.OFF<br>MADE IN B. & J., N.Y. GERMANY</p>
label: Description
content: <p>B. & J. (Buegeleisen and Jacobson) were importers of musical instruments in New York, early 20th century.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Samuel Duss (1860-1951) was a band master, conductor, composer, teacher, cattle rancher, businessman, and founder of the Duss Concert Band.</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: 1988.0783.202
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.202
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: 3/4 in x 5 1/8 in x 2 in; 1.905 cm x 13.0175 cm x 5.08 cm