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Harmonica, octave-tuned, G
Maker: Matthias Hohner, Inc.
Date: 1909-1933 ca.
Place Made:Trossingen, Germany, Europe
Model: Hohner 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)
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.
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.
See Harmonica Description Sheet.
ProvenancePurchased by donor, February 1994.
Terms
Credit Line: Alan G. Bates Collection, 2000
Not on view
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.
Object number: 07948