EAR TRUMPETS AND SPEAKING TUBES (clockwise from upper left)
“MISS GREENE’S HEARING HORN,” American, c. 1900, by E.B. Meyrowitz, Optician, 104 East 23d Street, New York, so signed on the original box label. Constructed of black japanned “tin” (steel, actually), the “Audiat” assembles in two parts to a length of 18-1/2″ (47 cm). It is a banjo-style ear trumpet, which collects considerable sound with its 5-1/4″ diameter bowl. Condition is fine noting minor losses to the finish, and some to
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