Full concert harmonica, D
Date1923 ca.
Place MadeTrossingen, Germany, Europe
ModelTrumpet Call No. 220
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on the front and back casing: MADE BY M. HOHNER GERMANYSilver paint on the back of the resonator: M. HOHNER
MarkingsSilver paint on the front of the resonator: Trumpet Call / Made in Germany
DescriptionMetal casings, wooden comb with brown varnish, 2 reed plates with 20 brass reeds each (40 reeds). 10 double holes, each compartment housing 2 reeds, 4 reeds per hole (2 blow, 2 draw).
The five brass horns are purely decorative. Original box.
DimensionsLength: 122.7 mm
Width: 41.1 mm
Height: 22.8 mm
ProvenancePurchased by donor, July 1994.
Published ReferencesNMM catalog: _As Good as Gold: The First 50 Years (1973-2023)_. Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2023. (pp. 67, 72-73)
Lee Raine Randall. "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. 4-5.
Lee Raine Randall. "Rare Harps." Harmonica World. April /May 2002, p. 9
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 number08293
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