Diatonic paddlewheel harmonica, C, G, F, E
ALTERNATE NAME(S)
- Diatonic quartet
Maker
Matthias Hohner, Inc.
Maker
Alan G. Bates
Date1925 ca.
Place MadeHockessin, Delaware, United States, North America
Place MadeTrossingen, Germany, Euope
ModelMarine Band Quartet No. 1896
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on the back casings:Left side: D. VERDIENSTE (written sideways, reads bottom to top) / WIEN / [medal containing three people] ULM (inside a double-ringed medal) / [medal containing bust facing right] 1873 1871 (inside a double-ringed medal) / MADE IN GERMANY
Center: TRADE MARK / [two hands extending from smooth buttoned sleeves holding a double-ringed medal with a large six-pointed star in the center] GESETZLICH / GESCHÜTZ (written around the inner edges )/ M. Hohner
Right side: STUTT / GART (inside a double-ringed medal) PHILAD [medal containing laurel leaves] / 1881 (inside a double-ringed medal) [medal containing a seated man facing left] 1876 / FABRIQUE EN ALLEMAGNE / GR. BRONCE (written sideways, reads top to bottom)
MarkingsStamped on the front casings: MADE IN GERMANY (written sideways, reads bottom to top) / [Bust of Hohner surrounded by laurel leaves] / MARINE BAND / M. Hohner / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Stamped on the front, left tabs: A440
Stamped on the front, right tabs: 1) C 2) G 3) F 4) E
DescriptionUsing four Hohner Marine Band No. 1896 model harmonicas, Alan Bates combined them into a paddlewheel quartet harmonica. With historic end plates from a standard Hohner paddlewheel model, he assembled four pre-World War II harmonicas, each in different keys but of fine quality.
Dimensions5-3/4 x 2-3/4 inches
See Harmonica Description sheet.
ProvenancePurchased by donor, August 1996.
Credit LineAlan G. Bates Collection, 2000
Object number09699
On View
Not on view
1940-1960 ca.
