Blow accordion
Maker
Matthias Hohner
Date1907-1930 ca.
Place MadeTrossingen, Germany, Europe
ModelHohnerette model No. 1B
Serial No.None
SignedSilver paint on the left side: Hohnerette / Made in GermanyMarkingsStamped on the right side DEM VERDIENSTE / WIEN [three men in a medal] ULM (in a medal) / [bust facing right in a medal] 1873 1871(in a medal)Stamped above the signature: TRADE MARK / [two hands with jagged sleeves holding a medal containing a large five-pointed star] GESETLICH / GESCHUTZ / M. Hohner
Stamped on the left side: STUTT / GART (inside a medal) PHILAD [laurel leaves in a medal] / 1881 (in a medal) [man facing left in a medal] 1876 / G.R. BRONCEDescriptionBlown accordion with 12 keys (10 note buttons and 2 chord/bass keys). Wooden box body with nickel-plated steel keys and mouthpiece. Cylindrical, nickel-plated resonator tube with escape holes. DimensionsBase length: 215 mm
Base width: 103 mm
Base height: 30 mm
Cylinder length: 195 mm
Cylinder width: 40 mm
Base and Cylinder height: 60 mm
Cylinder, button mount, key mount width: 80 mm
Mouthpiece length: 42 mm
Mouthpiece diameter: 32 mmProvenanceNo known provenance.
Credit LineAlan G. Bates Collection, 2000
Object number07873
On View
Not on view
1900-1920 ca.