✅ SOLVED Civil War camp items...musical instrument reed?

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Hello again!

I found these items at a known civil war camp. I already identified the bullets and game piece, but the rectangular brass has me perplexed. It is missing one of the vibrating prongs. I have found harmonica reed remnants before. They are "comb" like and more brittle. This one appears to have been from a different instrument. Is is not broken from a longer piece.

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A weird organ reed maybe? Normally i would say squeeze box(accordian) reed, but they have a redd on each side.this one both reeds are on one side it appears.
 

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Looks like the reed pictured below. The name associated with the picture is John Smith Busker Organ. John Smith Organs - Busker
So generically it appears to be a organ reed.
 

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Thanks....after you and invent4hir weighed in I was able to confirm the reed looks a lot like a "squeezebox" reed. Concertina reed or organ reed. You helped me immensely!
 

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