Category:Apollo Lyre (1848-53) from New York?. MET 89.4.2120

[89.4.2120] Apollo Lyre. New York?, United States? (1848–53). Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, since 1889, Accession Number: 89.4.2120 , ObjectID: 502678.
" Classification: Aerophone-Free Reed-harmonium ",
"This instrument, the only known example of its kind, was probably inspired by the melophone, which a French player presented in a concert in New York in 1841. The upward-pointing handles produce pressure and suction to sound a diatonic scale, as in an accordion or harmonica. "

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