Diatonic harmonica, G
Date1936 ca.
Place MadeTrossingen, Germany, Europe
ModelUp To Date No. 1934
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on the back casing:Left side: DEM VERDIENSTE (written sideways, reads bottom to top) / WIEN / [double-ringed medal containing three people] ULM (inside a double-ringed medal) / [double-ringed medal containing right-facing bust] 1873 1871(inside a double-ringed medal)
Center: TRADE MARK / [two hands extending from smooth lined sleeves holding a double-ringed medal with a large six-pointed star in the center] GESETZL. / GESCHÜTZ (written around the inner edges)
Right side: STUTT / GART (inside a double-ringed medal) PHILAD [double-ringed medal containing laurel leaves] / 1881 (inside a double-ringed medal) [double-ringed medal containing a seated man facing left] 1876 / GR. BRONCE (written sideways, reads top to bottom)
MarkingsStamped on the front casing: THE UP TO DATE / MADE BY M. HOHNER GERMANY / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Stamped on the front, right tab: G
DescriptionMetal casings, wooden comb varnished brown, 2 brass plates with 10 brass reeds each, 20 reeds. 10 holes, 2 reeds per hole (1 blow, 1 draw). The cover plate tabs have unusual "stepped" cutouts.
The original blue, yellow and red telescoping box depicts a single engine prop plane on one side and a streamlined train on the other.
Dimensions4 x 1 inches
See Harmonica Description Sheet.
ProvenancePurchased by donor, April 1995.
Published ReferencesLee 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 number08541
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