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Price Paid for Glass Harmonica
By Philip Jamison

Jody,  You may recall the F. H. Smith Grand Harmonicon, a pedestal
type glass harmonica, which I posted on eBay.  Well, it sold for $3200.

I was pleasantly surprised to receive a call from the buyer: Dennis
James, the popular theatre organist and glass harmonica virtuoso!
He said he already has two similar harmonicas; one is on display in
Wheaton Village, a museum of the glass industry in New Jersey.  He says
he has plans to make a recording of glass harmonicas of various types
soon.  The Smith model will be included.  Further, he said I will
likely discover Smith's signature and date of manufacture hidden under
the removable stretcher.

Philip Jamison
West Chester, PA

 [ Thanks, Phil, that's valuable data for the Archives.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Sat 2 Oct 1999, 01:36:47 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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