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- Description
- This music chart was made for the Bosstone Grand Autoharp by the Bosstone Co. in East Boston, Massachusetts, around 1924-1926. This music chart is for the tune No.51, “Blue Bells of Scotland.” It is made of paper with printed playing instructions. The chart is placed under the strings and used as a template for playing the instrument. Accessioned with Bosstone Autoharp (Cat. #MI.66.196).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1924-1926
- ID Number
- MI.66.196.052
- catalog number
- 66.196.052
- accession number
- 271968
- maker number
- No. 51
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- Description
- This harmonica was made by M. Hohner in Germany, undetermined date. It is a Baritone model, with 21 double holes and 42 reeds. This harmonica has a plastic tortoiseshell comb with metal cover plates attached to the top and bottom with screws and nuts. Accessioned with original cardboard box. This harmonica was most likely produced for Asian markets. The harmonica is stamped:
- M. HOHNER’SBARITONE
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Hohner, M.
- ID Number
- 1988.0783.390
- accession number
- 1988.0783
- catalog number
- 1988.0783.390
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2016.0032.021
- accession number
- 2016.0032
- catalog number
- 2016.0032.021
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- Description
- This flute was made by Pierre Paul Ghislain Joseph Dupre in Tournai, Belgium around 1820 to 1850. It is a 1-keyed flute in the shape of a walking stick, made of cherry with a brass tip, and a wood key. This flute is stamped:
- DUPREA TOURNAI
- Pierre Paul Ghislain Joseph Dupre (1790-1862) was a self-taught musical instrument maker. Dupre had a shop in Tournai, Belgium and gained early success selling cane flutes at trade exhibitions.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1820-1850
- maker
- Dupre, Pierre Paul G.J.
- ID Number
- MI.210799
- accession number
- 38138
- catalog number
- 210799
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- Description
- This music box disc was made by Regina Music Box Co. in Rahway, New Jersey, about 1896. It is Regina Disc #4038 - "The New Bully" and "Yankee Doodle." This disc is playable in a Regina Disc Music Box that can accommodate a 27” diameter disc.
- This disc features the following patents:
- U. S. Patent #417649, dated December 17, 1889 by Oskar Paul Lochmann for a music plate for mechanical instruments.
- U. S. Patent #500374, dated June 27, 1893 by Gustav A. Brachhausen and Paul Riessner for a note-plate for music boxes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- manufacturing date
- ca 1896
- user
- Meggers, Edith R.
- manufacturer
- Regina Music Box Company
- ID Number
- MI.74.12.08
- catalog number
- 74.12.08
- accession number
- 314637
- maker number
- 4038
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- Description
- This square piano was made by Loud & Brothers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1818-1822. Piano makers by the name of Loud first appear in Philadelphia directories in 1811 but are no longer listed after 1854. This piano is serial number 80, and has a compass of FF-c4, an English double action, double strings throughout with tuning pins at right, 1 pedal: damper, a wood frame and a mahogany (?) case.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1818-1822
- maker
- Thomas & John Loud
- ID Number
- MI.291107
- catalog number
- 291107
- accession number
- 59954
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1750-1775
- ID Number
- MI.65.0694
- accession number
- 1991.0406
- catalog number
- 65.0694
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- Description
- This cornet was made by Henry Distin in New York, New York in 1878. It is a B-flat cornet, serial #226, made of silver plated brass with 3 piston valves and highly engraved with leaf and ribbon patterns on the top of the bell and has decorations on the piston casings, shank receiver, and slide ferrules. This cornet is engraved:
- 1878HY. DISTIN NEW YORKTRADE MARKNo. 226HENRY DISTINMAKER386 BOWERY OPP. 5TH STR.NEW YORK
- This cornet was previously owned by Walter F. Smith (1859-1937), cornetist in the Sousa Band (1893-1896) and the United States Marine Band (1885-1893 and 1898-1921).
- Walter F. Smith joined the Sousa Band in 1893 and was made acting leader. In this role, Smith conducted Washington, D.C. concerts, various touring concerts, and also went with the band to perform in the inaugural ceremonies for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. This experience was a huge success and an article from the Stanley Barney Smith Collection in the Western Michigan University Archives states:
- “Played to an audience of 50,000… Although the hour set for appearance of Sousa’s old organization was 3 o’clock, the crowds began pouring into the great playground after luncheon… By 2 o’clock the crowd extended from Van Buren Street to Harrison, lined the East side of Michigan ten to twenty deep. Conductor Smith began his part without any delay and without any preliminaries… Every number was enthusiastically cheered and it is scarcely necessary to say the program was as near perfection as may be.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1878
- user
- Smith, Walter F.
- referenced
- Sousa, John Philip
- maker
- Distin, Henry
- ID Number
- 1981.0425.02
- accession number
- 1981.0425
- catalog number
- 1981.0425.02
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2018.3081.441
- nonaccession number
- 2018.3081
- catalog number
- 2018.3081.441
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Panormo, Louis
- ID Number
- 1993.0453.073
- catalog number
- 1993.0453.073
- accession number
- 1993.0453
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- Description
- This drill press was used in the production of flat music box discs by the Regina Music Box Company in Rahway, New Jersey. It is a table mounted drill press with an electric motor. The Regina Company was in business from 1894-1922.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MI.73.01.07
- catalog number
- 73.01.07
- accession number
- 301414
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- Description
- This harmonica was made by an unknown maker in Germany, undetermined date. It is The Charleston model with 10 single holes and 10 reeds. This harmonica has a blue painted wooden comb with metal cover plates attached to the top and bottom with nails. It is engraved:
- TheCharlestonGERMANY
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- 10 REEDS
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MI.74.19
- accession number
- 314637
- catalog number
- 74.19
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MI.73.36a.569
- accession number
- 304324
- catalog number
- 73.36a.569
- maker number
- 1427
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1989.0306.160
- accession number
- 1989.0306
- catalog number
- 1989.0306.160
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- Description
- REGISTERED[award logos]MADE IN GERMANY1891 CH. WEISS 1893
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Weiss, Ch.
- ID Number
- 1988.0783.355
- accession number
- 1988.0783
- catalog number
- 1988.0783.355
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- Description (Brief)
- This grand piano was made by Hill & Owen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1851. Very little is known of the partnership of Freedom Hill and Henry Owen. Both appear in the in the Boston city directory in 1851 but are no longer listed after that date. To get at the strings, the entire lid and soundboard must be raised, which makes the piano top-heavy, tending to tip over to its spine. This is the only known grand piano by this firm. This piano is serial number 119(?), and has a compass of CC-c5, “Plastic Elastic Touch” direct-blow jack action, strings underneath soundboard, CC-EE single-strung, FF-c5 double-strung, 2 pedals: una corda and dampers, partial iron frame with iron tension bars, straight-strung, and a veneered case.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1850
- maker
- Hill & Owen
- ID Number
- MI.303523
- catalog number
- 303523
- accession number
- 62559
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- Description
- This violin was made in Markneukirchen, Germany around 1890. This instrument with 7/8-size normal violin rib outline is open, without table or back, to limit sound volume. A central strip supports the bridge and provision is made for a “chinrest” area at the lower left bout. A normal violin neck allows the instrument to be used for technique development. This violin is made of a “table strip” of walnut, ribs of laminated walnut with walnut body bracing system, maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and a transparent yellow varnish.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1885 - 1895
- ID Number
- MI.215410
- catalog number
- 215410
- accession number
- 39298
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MI.73.36a.298
- accession number
- 304324
- catalog number
- 73.36a.298
- maker number
- 68131
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- Description
- This brush stick was made by an unknown maker in the United States, around 1970-1980. It is a made of metal, with a plastic sleeve.
- This brush stick is from a drumset used by Buddy Rich in 1983-1987.
- Bernard "Buddy" Rich (1917-1987) began his professional career as a drummer, tap dancer, and singer with his parents' vaudeville act before the age of two. By the time he was six, "Traps, the Boy Wonder," had performed on Broadway and toured the United States and Australia.
- With the demise of the vaudeville circuit and the popularity of the swing era, Buddy became an orchestra musician. His talents as a drummer landed him a job offer with Joe Marsala's band at the Hickory House in New York City in 1937. This led to a long line of high-profile performances with Bunny Berrigan, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and Benny Carter. Buddy's playing style was characterized by phenomenal speed, four-way independence, and an uncanny way of driving a big band.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1970-1980
- user
- Rich, Bernard "Buddy"
- ID Number
- 1988.0665.25
- accession number
- 1988.0665
- catalog number
- 1988.0665.25
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