Diatonic harmonica, C
Maker
Matthias Hohner, Inc.
Date1902 after
Place MadeTrossingen, Germany, Europe
ModelCartridge Harp 2000
Serial No.none
SignedEmbossed on the front casing: M. HOHNER’S / CARTRIDGE / REGISTERED PATENTED / CMarkingsEmbossed on the back casing, left side: DEM VERDIENSTE (written sidewise, reads bottom to top) / WIEN / [double-ringed medal containing three people] ULM (in a medal) / [double-ringed medal containing a bust facing right] 1878 1871 (in a medal)
Embossed on the back casing, center: TRADE MARK / [two hands extending from jagged, cuffed, buttoned sleeves holding a medal with a tiny six-pointed star in the center] GESETZLICH / GESCHÜTZT (written around the inner edges) / M. Hohner
Embossed on the back casing, 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)
Black letters on the cartridge: M. Hohner’s / Cartridge-Harp. / MADE IN GERMANY
DescriptionM. Hohner's Cartridge Harp is designed to look like an ammunition round. The body is a gold-colored, bullet-shaped resonator.
Dimensions4-1/4 x 2 inches
See Harmonica Description Sheet.
ProvenancePurchased by donor, 1992.
Published ReferencesRandall, Lee Raine. "From the Alan G. Bates Collection: Trumpets, Zeppelins, Touring Automobiles, and One Last Cartridge." America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter Vol. 28, No. 4 (November 2001), p. 5.
Randall, Lee Raine. "Rare Harps." Harmonica World. April /May 2002, p. 10
Lee 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 number07567
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