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This instrument, the only known example of its kind, was probably inspired by the melophone, which a French player presented in a concert in New York in 1841. The upward-pointing handles produce pressure and suction to sound a diatonic scale, as in an accordion or harmonica.
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Title: Apollo Lyre
Date: 1848–53
Geography: New York?, United States?
Culture: American
Medium: various materials
Dimensions: H.32 5/8 × W. 15 7/16 × D. 4 5/8 in. (82.8 × 39.2 × 11.7 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Free Reed-harmonium
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Object Number: 89.4.2120
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