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Tremolo harmonica, E
Maker: Matthias Hohner, Inc.
Date: 1920-1928 ca.
Place Made:Trossingen, Germany, Europe
Model: Echo No. 605
Serial No: none
SignedEmbossed on back casing, left side: DEM VERDIENSTE (slightly curved, written sideways, reads bottom to top) / WIEN / [medal containing three people] ULM (inside a dotted medal) / [medal containing bust facing right] 1873 1871(inside a dotted medal)
Embossed on back casing, center: TRADE MARK / [two hands extending from jagged, cuffed, buttoned sleeves holding a medal with a small six-pointed star in the center ] GESETZLICH / GESCHÜTZ (written around the inner edges) / M. Hohner
Embossed on back casing, right side: STUTT / GART (inside a dotted medal) PHILAD [medal containing laurel leaves] / 1881 (inside a dotted medal) [medal containing a seated person facing left] 1876 / GR. BRONCE (slightly curved ,written sideways, reads top to bottom)
Embossed on back casing, center: TRADE MARK / [two hands extending from jagged, cuffed, buttoned sleeves holding a medal with a small six-pointed star in the center ] GESETZLICH / GESCHÜTZ (written around the inner edges) / M. Hohner
Embossed on back casing, right side: STUTT / GART (inside a dotted medal) PHILAD [medal containing laurel leaves] / 1881 (inside a dotted medal) [medal containing a seated person facing left] 1876 / GR. BRONCE (slightly curved ,written sideways, reads top to bottom)
MarkingsEmbossed on front casing: MADE IN / ECHO / BELL METAL REEDS / REGISTERED / GERMANY
DescriptionMetal casings, wooden comb varnished brown. 2 steel plates with 16 brass reeds each, 32 reeds. 16 double holes, each compartment housing 1 reed, 2 reeds per hole. Original box.
Dimensions5-1/4 x 1-1/8 inches
See Harmonica Description Sheet.
See Harmonica Description Sheet.
ProvenancePurchased by donor, April 1994.
Terms
Credit Line: Alan G. Bates Collection, 2000
Not on view
Object number: 08111