Hearing Aid
date: label: date made
content: after 1867
name: label: maker
content: F. C. Rein & Son
notes: label: Description
content: Conversation tube with horn and earpiece made of black rubber, and tubing made of fabric over a metal coil. The inscription on the horn reads “F.C. Rein and Son.” Frederick Charles Rein (ca. 1812-1896) was born in Leipzig, moved to London in the 1830s, opened an acoustic instrument shop on the Strand which he termed “Paradise for the Deaf,” and won a prize medal, the first of many, at the London Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851. The firm became C. Rein & Son Rein in 1867 and remained in business until the early 1960s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Miles Davis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0214.01
label: accession number
content: 2010.0214
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0214.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hearing trumpet
label: Object Name
content: trumpet, hearing
label: Object Name
content: hearing aid, conversation tube
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 13 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 4.445 cm x 33.655 cm x 34.29 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 43 in x 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 109.22 cm x 4.445 cm