Full concert harmonica, G
Maker
Matthias Hohner, Inc.
Date1909-1915 ca.
Place MadeTrossingen, Germany, Europe
ModelIronclad No. 230
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on the back casing:Left side: DEM VERDIENSTE (written sidewise, reads bottom to top) / WIEN / [double-ringed medal containing three people] ULM (inside a double-ringed medal) / [double-ringed medal containing right facing bust] 1873 1871(inside a double-ringed medal)
Center: TRADE MARK / [two hands extending from smooth, lined, buttoned sleeves, holding a double-ringed medal with a small six-pointed star in the center] GESETZLICH / GESCHÜTZ (written around the inner edges) / MADE BY M. Hohner GERMANY
Right side: STUTT / GART (inside a double-ringed medal) PHILAD [double-ringed medal containing laurel leaves] / 1881 (inside a double-ringed medal) [double-ringed medal containing a seated person facing left] 1876 / GR. BRONCE
MarkingsStamped on the front casing: The Ironclad / Harmonica (diagonal) / Patented / Nov. 28th 1911 / Reed / Cells Protected / with Metal Armour / Made by M. HOHNER Germany
Stamped on the front, right tab: G
DescriptionMetal casings, wooden comb with brown varnish, 2 brass plates with 24 brass reeds, (48 reeds). 10 double holes, each compartment housing 2 reeds, 4 reeds per hole (2 blow, 2 draw). Original box.
Promotion for this model boasts that the metal lined cells prevent warping and prolong the life of the instrument, that it is "built like a battleship."
Dimensions4-5/8 x 1-1/8 inches
See Harmonica description sheet.
ProvenancePurchased by donor, October 1995.
Published ReferencesLee Raine M. Randall. The Hohner Harmonica Company: Models and Marketing Material from About 1900 to 1940. M. M. Thesis. Vermillion: University of South Dakota, 2007.
Credit LineAlan G. Bates Collection, 2000
Object number08728
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