Wayne Raney Talking Harmonica
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1972
name: label: maker
content: Sterling Instrument Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by Sterling Instrument Co. in Union, New Jersey, around 1972. It is a Wayne Raney Talking Harmonica model in the key of A, with 10 single holes and 20 reeds. This harmonica has a brown plastic comb with metal cover plates attached to the top and bottom with screws and nuts. Accessioned with original cardboard box. The harmonica is engraved:</p>
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content: <p>BRASS BAND</p>
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content: <p>(and):</p>
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content: <p>Wayne Raney<br>TALKING HARMONICA</p>
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content: <p>Wayne Raney (1921-1993) was an American country singer and harmonica player. Raney was a well-known harmonica player who was able to make his harmonica "talk".</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Union
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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: 1988.0783.328
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.328
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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label: Measurements
content: harmonica: 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in x 1 1/16 in; 1.905 cm x 9.8425 cm x 2.69875 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 13/16 in x 4 1/4 in x 1 5/16 in; 2.06375 cm x 10.795 cm x 3.33375 cm