Harmonica, double-sided, tremolo
Date1924-1930 ca.
Place MadeTrossingen, Germany, Europe
ModelEcho No. 606
Serial No.none
SignedEmbossed on the back casings: Left side: DEM VERDIENSTE (written sideways, reads bottom to top) / WIEN / [medal containing three people] ULM (inside a dotted medal) / [medal containing right-facing bust] 1873 1871(inside a dotted medal)
Center: TRADE MARK / [two hands extending from smooth cuffed, buttoned sleeves holding a medal with a small five-pointed star in the center] GESETZLICH / GESCHÜTZ (written around the inner edges) / M. HOHNER
Right side: STUTT / GART (inside a dotted medal) PHILAD [medal containing laurel leaves] / 1881 (inside a dotted medal) [medal containing a seated man facing left] 1876 / GR. BRONCE (written sideways, reads top to bottom)
MarkingsEmbossed on the front casings: MADE IN (written sideways, reads bottom to top) / ECHO / BELL METAL REEDS / REGISTERED / GERMANY (written sideways, reads top to bottom)
DescriptionThis is one of the earliest No. 606 models in the Bates Collection. The metal casings are decorated with flowers, a half-moon design on each end, four award medallions and the Hohner two hands trademark. Original box.
Dimensions5-1/4 x 2-1/4 inches
See Harmonica Description Sheet.
ProvenancePurchased by donor, June 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 number07770
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