Harmonikamuseum Trossingen, Musical instrument museum in Trossingen, Germany
The Deutsches Harmonikamuseum occupies Building V of the former Hohner factory site in Trossingen. Its collection holds about 25,000 mouth harmonicas, 500 accordions, harmoniums, shengs and jaw harps, plus documents from the harmonica industry. Displays trace the Hohner company, founded in 1857, and include the Hohner Magic-Organa, a 1931 music machine with accordion and drums.
The museum opened in 1991 in Trossingen's town centre with support from Baden-Württemberg. In 2016 it moved into Building V of the old Hohner factory site, used until 1995. The move was funded by a bequest from Margarita Fuchs-Hohner (1929–2011), the town of Trossingen and the state. Hohner, founded in 1857, had bought up Trossingen's other harmonica makers.
Trossingen became the base of the world's largest harmonica manufacturers, and market leader Hohner bought up its competitors over the years; the museum nevertheless covers more than Hohner alone. It also holds an archive where feature films and documentaries about harmonicas are shown, and it hosts lectures, workshops and concerts.
The museum occupies Building V of the former Hohner factory site in Trossingen's centre, where it moved in 2016. Allow time for roughly 25,000 harmonicas, 500 accordions and archive films, and check the programme for lectures, workshops and concerts.
The museum holds the world's largest playable button accordion, a hand-operated reed instrument rather than a wind instrument. It also displays harmonicas pierced by bullets from both World Wars, and the Hohner Magic-Organa, a 1931 mechanical music machine combining accordion and percussion.
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