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 model in the key of C, with 10 double holes and 20 reeds. The harmonica has a brown and black stained wooden comb with metal cover plates attached to the top and bottom with screws. It is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MARINE BAND<br>M.Hohner<br>U.S. PATENT AUG 24th 1897</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica features U.S. Patent #588920, dated August 24, 1897, by Jacob Hohner for a mouth-harmonica.</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: Ht, Department of Civil History, Division of Musical Instruments. Museum Catalogue, Vol 1
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.74.22
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 74.22
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: 3/4 in x 4 in x 1 1/16 in; 1.905 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.69875 cm