Re: Civil War era harp question

[Pat Missin <pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

fjm wrote:

>The one harmonica relic from the Civil War I've
>seen referenced isn't really a harmonica as we know it. I want to say
>it's an Aeolian harp but that may be incorrect. Winslow posted a url to
>it awhile back. Very different plate construction and function. 

I've posted this link a couple of times before:

http://www.usd.edu/smm/Aeolian.html

Is this the one you mean? It was made in the US quite a while before
the Civil War and before Hohner started exporting to America.

 -- Pat.