Hohner Auto-Valve Harmonica Cover Plate: Museum Object and Cultural History
Hohner Auto-Valve Harmonica Cover Plate: maker: M. Hohner, Inc.. Object Name: harmonica top. Physical Description: metal (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This cover plate was made by M. Hohner in Germany, undetermined date. It is a cover plate for an Auto-Valve model. The plate is engraved:
M. HOHNER’S AUTO-VALVE HARP The easiest playing harmonica made Patented in all countries Germany
Materials, dates and provenance
- maker: M. Hohner, Inc.
- Object Name: harmonica top
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 1/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; .3175 cm x 11.43 cm x 3.175 cm
- place made: Germany
- ID Number: 1993.0284.05
- accession number: 1993.0284
- catalog number: 1993.0284.05
- Credit Line: Gift of Peter Kassan
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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