Essbach Liberty Harmonica
name: label: maker
content: Essbach, Carl
label: Maker
content: Assbach, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by Carl Essbach in Germany, undetermined date. It is a Liberty model with 16 double holes and 32 reeds. The harmonica has a blond stained wooden comb with metal cover plates attached to the top and bottom with nails. Some of the reeds are exposed. There appears that something was attached at one time to the top of the harmonica over the exposed reeds. It is embossed:</p>
label: Description
content: </p>TRADE MARK<br>[statue]<br>LIBERTY<br>CARL ESSBACH<br>GERMANY<br>D.R.PATENT<br>No64481</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Steel Bronze Reeds</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: 1988.0783.196
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.196
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: 7/8 in x 6 1/16 in x 2 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 15.39875 cm x 5.3975 cm