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Grand Harmonicon

ca. 1830
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Grand Harmonicon
  • Maker: Francis H Smith Sr. (American, 1797 - 1872)
  • Date: ca. 1830
  • Geography: Baltimore, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Wood, glass
  • Dimensions: Width: 90.5 cm (35-5.8 in.); Diam: 53.3 cm (21 in.); Height: 21.5 cm (8-7/16 in.); case 93.8 cm (36-15/16 in.); total Diam. of glasses: 7.9 -12.6 cm (3-1/8 - 4-15/16 in.)
  • Classification: Idiophone-Friction
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mrs. Norma F. Finer Perl Gift, in memory of Albert B. Finer, by exchange, and Gift of Mrs. Barbara Wendel Kerr, 1989
  • Object Number: 1989.357
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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