Harmonica, octave-tuned, G
Maker
Matthias Hohner, Inc.
Date1909-1933 ca.
Place MadeTrossingen, Germany, Europe
ModelHohner Band No. 6194
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on the back casing: Left side: DEM VERDIENSTE (written sideways, reads bottom to top) / WIEN / [double-ringed medal containing three people] ULM (in a medal) / [double-ringed medal containing a right-facing bust] 1873 1871 (in a medal)
Center: TRADE MARK / [two hands extending from jagged, cuffed, buttoned sleeves holding a double-ringed medal with a six-pointed star in the center] GESETZLICH / GESCHÜTZT (written around the inner edges) / M. Hohner
Right side: STUTT / GART (in a medal) PHILAD / [double-ringed medal containing laurel leaves] / 1881 (in a medal) [double-ringed medal containing a seated person facing left] 1876 / GR. BRONCE (written sideways, reads top to bottom)
MarkingsStamped on the front casing: [wreath of leaves, oval containing front-facing bust of M. Hohner and words M. HOHNER] THE HOHNER BAND / MADE BY M. HOHNER GERMANY
DescriptionMetal casings, varnished wooden comb. 2 brass plates with 12 brass reeds each, 24 reeds. 12 double holes, each compartment housing 1 reed. The blow and draw reeds alternate holes. Designed with a curved front and back.
Original box. Its design may indicate this harmonica dates from the end of the proposed period, about 1909-1933, as it differs from other examples. Otherwise, it may have been used for the European market, which packaged instruments differently.
Dimensions4 x 1-1/8 inches
See Harmonica Description Sheet.
ProvenancePurchased by donor, February 1994.
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 number07948
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