Hohner Marine Band Harmonica
name: label: maker
content: Hohner, M.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by Hohner in Germany, undetermined date. It is a Marine Band model in the key of G, with 10 double holes and 40 reeds. This harmonica has a brown stained wooden comb with metal cover plates screwed to top and bottom. It is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MADE IN GERMANY<br>MARINE BAND<br>M. Hohner<br>
label: Description
content: U.S.A. PATENT AUG 24TH 1897</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: 1988.0783.107
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.107
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: 11/16 in x 3 7/8 in x 15/16 in; 1.74625 cm x 9.8425 cm x 2.38125 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3 15/16 in x 1 in; 1.905 cm x 10.00125 cm x 2.54 cm