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Symphonium - Image 2
c. 1829
National Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, United States
Back view of Wheatstone symphonium, a cross between a harmonica and what was to become the concertina. The symphonium's body is made of nickel silver to which are attached 12 ivory buttons (studs). Twelve nickel-silver reeds are contained within the instrument. Of the estimated 200 symphoniums made by Wheatstone, only about a dozen have been preserved.
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- Title: Symphonium - Image 2
- Creator: Charles W. Wheatstone (1802-1875)
- Date Created: c. 1829
- Location Created: London, England
- Type: free reed musical instrument
- Rights: © National Music Museum
- Photo Credit: Bill Willroth, Sr.
- Credit: Acquisition Funding Gift of Alan G. Bates, 2005
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