Blow accordion
Maker
Matthias Hohner
Date1907-1930 ca.
Place MadeTrossingen, Germany, Europe
ModelHohnerette model 1B
Serial No.None
SignedEmbossed on the metal half cylinder:Left side: DEM VERDIENSTE (written sideways, reads bottom to top) / WIEN / [medal containing three people] ULM (inside a medal) / [medal containing right-facing bust] 1873 1871(inside a medal)
Center: TRADE MARK / [two hands extending from jagged sleeves holding a medal with a small six-pointed star in the center ]GESETZLICH / GESCHÜTZ (written around the inner edges) / M. Hohner
Right side: STUTT / GART (inside a medal) PHILAD [medal containing laurel leaves] / 1881 (inside a medal) [medal containing a seated person facing left] 1876 / GR. BRONCEMarkingsSilver impression the left side of body (playing position) : Hohnerette (in cursive) / Made in Germany
Embossed on the corner brackets: HOHNER HOHNER
Stamped on the bass keys, in cursive: Hohner
Written in blue pencil, inside the wood body in two places: 167DescriptionBlown accordion with 12 keys (10 note buttons and 2 chord/bass keys). Wooden body with nickel-plated steel keys and mouthpiece. Cylindrical, nickel-plated resonator with escape holes.DimensionsSee Harmonica Description Sheet.
Length:234 mm (9.25 in.)
Width: 98.1 mm (3.86 in)
Height: 59.6 mm (2.32 in)ProvenanceNo known provenance.
Credit LineAlan G. Bates Collection, 2000
Object number08210
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