Hohner Marine Band Harmonica
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1907
name: label: maker
content: Hohner, M.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by M. Hohner in Germany, around 1907.
label: Description
content: It is a Marine Band model in the key of G, with 10 double holes and 20 reeds. This harmonica has a brown stained wooden comb with metal cover plates attached to the sides with nails. Accessioned with original leather covered cardboard case. The harmonica is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MARINE BAND<br>M. HOHNER<br>U.S.A. PATENT AUG. 24TH 1897</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica features U.S. Patent #588920, dated August 24, 1897, 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: 1988.0783.403
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.403
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: harmonica: 13/16 in x 4 7/16 in x 1 3/16 in; 2.06375 cm x 11.27125 cm x 3.01625 cm
label: Measurements
content: case: 1 1/4 in x 4 7/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 12.3825 cm x 3.81 cm