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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MI.73.36a.373
- accession number
- 304324
- catalog number
- 73.36a.373
- maker number
- 76473
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- Description
- This player piano roll was made by Aeolian Co. in New York, New York. It is Roll #65315 - Rhapsodie Hongroise (Hungarian Rhapsody) No. 18 in F-sharp minor, by Franz Liszt.
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- Currently not on view
- manufacturer
- Aeolian Co.
- ID Number
- MI.73.36a.146
- catalog number
- 73.36a.146
- accession number
- 304324
- maker number
- 65315
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- Description
- This master disc was made by the Regina Music Box Company in Rahway, New Jersey. It is master disc #3012 used in the production of 20-3/4” diameter discs for Regina disc music box styles 26, 126, 39, and 139. These table-top disc players featured a 130 steel tongues double comb mechanism. The Regina Company was in business from 1894-1922.
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- Currently not on view
- manufacturer
- Regina Music Box Company
- ID Number
- MI.73.01.11.007
- catalog number
- 73.01.11.007
- maker number
- 3012
- accession number
- 301414
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- Currently not on view
- maker
- Studley
- ID Number
- 1989.0306.101
- catalog number
- 1989.0306.101
- accession number
- 1989.0306
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- ID Number
- MI.60.1355
- accession number
- 227687
- catalog number
- 60.1355
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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2018.3081.125
- catalog number
- 2018.3081.125
- nonaccession number
- 2018.3081
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- Description
- This violoncello bridge was made by Teller in Germany, undetermined date. It is a “Panpi” model bridge. The bridge is stamped:
- PANPI
- This item was sold by Albert Moglie (b. December 16, 1890, Rome; d. June 9, 1988, Washington DC), instrument maker and restorer, and proprietor of a violin shop in Washington DC for 65 years from 1922 until 1987. At the age of twelve he was apprenticed to Antonio Sgarbi and subsequently worked under Luigi Enbergher, Giuseppe Rossi and Rodolfo Fredi, all of Rome. Following these apprenticeships, Moglie was a student of Hippolyte Sylvestre in Paris and Leandro Bisiach in Milan.
- Albert Moglie came to America at the age of 24 to work for the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, first in Cincinnati and then New York City in 1916. By 1917 he had established his own shop in New York at 1431 Broadway. He moved to Washington DC in 1922.
- Moglie enjoyed a fine reputation in Washington as a violin restorer, and is especially remembered as the caretaker of the Gertrude Clark Whittall Stradivari quartet of instruments at the Library of Congress, an association that began in the 1930s and lasted more than 50 years.
- The Smithsonian, National Museum of American History, Archives Center houses additional information on the life and career of Albert F. Moglie:
- https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.0283
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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2018.3081.164
- catalog number
- 2018.3081.164
- nonaccession number
- 2018.3081
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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1998.3074.18
- nonaccession number
- 1998.3074
- catalog number
- 1998.3074.18
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- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1991
- ID Number
- 2016.0032.079
- accession number
- 2016.0032
- catalog number
- 2016.0032.079
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- Description
- This oboe was made by Wolfgang Kuss in Vienna, Austria, around 1811-1834. It is an 11-keyed oboe, made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. The oboe is stamped:
- KussWein3
- This oboe was acquired from the collection of Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892. Leopoldo Franciolini (1844–1920) was an Italian antique dealer who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as a fraudster who sold faked and altered historical musical instruments.
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- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1811-1834
- maker
- Kuss, Wolfgang
- ID Number
- MI.095299
- accession number
- 26256
- catalog number
- 095299
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- Description
- This organ was made by Abraham Prescott in Concord, New Hampshire, around 1845-1855. It is a melodeon (lap organ) with a rectangular rosewood case, double bellows, single keyboard, with a compass of C - c3. This instrument is also known as an “elbow” organ, “rocking” melodeon, or lap organ. The swell knob plate is inscribed:
- A. PRESCOTTMANUFACTURERCONCORDN.H.
- Abraham Prescott (1789-1858) was one of the most prolific of the bass viol makers. A self-taught instrument maker, he began his craft in Deerfield, New Hampshire, in 1809 and moved his business to Concord in 1831, where he continued to make violoncellos, bass viols, and double basses (and later reed organs and pianos) until about 1850. Prescott instruments are often fitted with machine-head tuning gears instead of more usual pegs.
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- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1845-1855
- ID Number
- MI.299856
- catalog number
- 299856
- accession number
- 61285
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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MI.73.36a.433
- catalog number
- 73.36a.433
- accession number
- 304324
- maker number
- Y9136
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- ID Number
- 2018.3081.137
- catalog number
- 2018.3081.137
- nonaccession number
- 2018.3081
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- Description (Brief)
- This drum was made by Latin Percussion Inc. in Garfield, New Jersey, in 1999. It is a Galaxy Giovanni Series Conga drum, 11-3/4” diameter Conga, made of ash, with gold-tone metal fittings. This drum is from a matched set of four congas Tumbadora (2000.3030.12.01), Conga (2000.3030.12.02), Quinto (2000.3030.12.03), and Requinto (2000.3030.12.04).
- As indicated in an LP brochure from the period, “Hand crafted of premium environmentally friendly North American Ash wood, these 30" tall drums have resonance, attack and warmth found in no other conga. The LP Galaxy Giovanni Series Congas yield commanding bass, rich mid tones and crackling highs with attention getting projection. Each drum is crafted with LP's exclusive construction process using three plies of wood which are assembled utilizing internal steel pins for reinforcement. All of the natural colors and tones of this premium wood shine through the rich, deep gloss finish. These drums are accented by gleaming, gold tone hardware and feature LP's improved patented Extended Collar Comfort Curve® II Rims which increase tonal range. The drums are topped with all-natural hand-picked rawhide heads.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1999
- maker
- Latin Percussion
- ID Number
- 2000.3039.12.02
- nonaccession number
- 2000.3039
- catalog number
- 2000.3039.12.02
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- Description
- This harmonica was made By Harmonic Reed Corp. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after 1934. It is an All American model, with 10 single holes and 20 reeds. This harmonica has a black plastic comb with a curved black metal and plastic cover plate attached with screws. The harmonica is printed:
- ALL AMERICANMADE BY HARMONIC REED CORP., PHILA., U.S.A.
- This harmonica features U.S. Design Patent No. 92,285 dated May 22, 1934 for a new harmonica design by Charles H. Bennington and Irving L. Stein assignors to the Harmatone Company, Inc.
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- reissue U.S. Patent No. 19,299 (originally 1,817,109) for dated September 4, 1934 for improvements in harmonica reeds by Charles H. Bennington and Irving L. Stein assignors to the Harmatone Company, Inc.
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- Currently not on view
- maker
- Harmonic Reed Corporation
- ID Number
- 1988.0783.333
- accession number
- 1988.0783
- catalog number
- 1988.0783.333
- patent number
- 19,299
- 92,285
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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2016.0032.018
- catalog number
- 2016.0032.018
- accession number
- 2016.0032
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- Description
- This clarinet was made by an unknown maker, possibly Italy around 1850 to 1890. It is an 11-keyed clarinet in B-flat, made of brass.
- George Brown Goode, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, acquired this clarinet with other musical instruments in Rome, Italy in 1892.
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- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1850-1890
- ID Number
- MI.095046
- accession number
- 25819
- catalog number
- 095046
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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1988.0402.03
- catalog number
- 1988.0402.03
- accession number
- 1988.0402
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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2018.3081.290
- nonaccession number
- 2018.3081
- catalog number
- 2018.3081.290
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- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1995
- depicted
- Cheatham, Doc
- ID Number
- 2002.0218.10
- accession number
- 2002.0218
- catalog number
- 2002.0218.10
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