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Apollo Lyre
Date:            1848–53
Geography:       New York?, United States?
Medium:          various materials
Dimensions:      H. 82.8 cm (32-3/4 in.), Greatest W. 39.2 cm (15-1/2 in.), D. 11.7 cm (4-3/4 in.)
Classification:  Aerophone-Free Reed
Credit Line:     The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number: 89.4.2120
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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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"Metropolitan Museum - New York" by Shriram Rajagopalan from New York, US. (p. 1 near 7294704184).
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  • [89.4.2120] Apollo Lyre. New York?, United States? (1848–53).
    "​ 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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