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Diatonic bell harmonica
Diatonic bell harmonica
Diatonic bell harmonica

Diatonic bell harmonica

Date1935-1945 ca.
Place MadeGermany, Europe
ModelGrand National
Serial No.None
SignedNoneMarkingsMarked: REGISTERED / MADE IN SAXONY [three horseshoes with horses inset]
Marked: The GRAND NATIONAL
DescriptionThe harmonica is built into the front part of the wooden frame. Two bells are mounted on individual base plates behind the cover plates with spring levers to ring them. The bells are not tuned to the harmonica. According to Bates, this is an unusual bell model, quite different from others in his collection.DimensionsLength: 8 1/8 in
Width: 2 1/2 in
ProvenancePurchased by donor, October 1993.
Credit LineAlan G. Bates Collection, 2000
Object number07827
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