Clover Harmonophone Harmonica
date: label: date made
content: after 1900
name: label: maker
content: C. A. Seydel Sohne
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by C. A. Seydel Söhne, undetermined place, after 1900. It is a Clover model, with 10 single holes. This harmonica has a wooden and metal comb with a metal cover plates molded around the harmonica. The harmonica fits inside a metal megaphone resonator. Accessioned with original wooden box. The harmonica is engraved:</p>
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content: <p>TRADEMARK REGISTERED<br>CLOVER</p>
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content: <p>[inside a cloverleaf]:</p>
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content: <p>THE VERY<br>BEST<br>MADE</p>
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content: <p>[inside a cloverleaf]:</p>
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content: <p>NOTHING TO<br>EQUAL IT</p>
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content: <p>(engraved on megaphone):</p>
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content: <p>Clover<br>Harmonophone<br>(TRADE MARK REGISTERED)<br>U.S. PATENT NO 423,642.MAR.18.1890<br>642,642.FEB.6.1900</p>
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content: <p>This harmonica features the following U.S. Patents:</p>
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content: <p> #642642, dated February 6, 1900, by Ferdinand Strauss, for a harmonica with a resonating chamber.</p>
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content: <p>#423642, dated March 18, 1890, by John F. Stratton, for a new and improved mouth harmonica.</p>
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content: <p>#483160, dated September 27, 1892, by Ottomar Meinel, for improvements to mouth harmonicas.</p>
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content: <p>#605083, dated June 7, 1898, by Charles L. Curtis, for an improved harmonica.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Peter Kassan Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0783.489
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.489
label: patent number
content: 423642
label: patent number
content: 642642
label: patent number
content: 483160
label: patent number
content: 605083
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: harmonica: 2 3/4 in x 5 in x 3 7/8 in; 6.985 cm x 12.7 cm x 9.8425 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 5 1/8 in; 8.255 cm x 10.795 cm x 13.0175 cm