Concert Quadruple Harmonica
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1880
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by an unknown maker, possibly Germany, around 1878-1880, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a Concert model, with 24 holes on two edges and 48 reeds. This harmonica is comprised of 4 connected wood harmonicas eached tune to a different key, covered in metal, with zinc reed plates and bone reed plate covers. There is a metal handle at each side of the harmonica.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a Concert harmonica (#5747), for $12.00.</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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055667
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55667
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 6 1/4 in x 2 in; 5.08 cm x 15.875 cm x 5.08 cm