✅ SOLVED strange musical reed

[BobinSouthVA]

Not quite sure what to make of this. Not like any of the harmonica reeds I've found.

any ideas?

Thanks for looking

 

[jeff of pa]

I've never seen a reed Plate with the reeds running sideways like that Either.

 

[nhbenz]

Maybe those are electrical contacts, like from a busted up switch of some sort? Certainly similar to reeds though.

 

[BosnMate]

How about a squeeze box

 

[BobinSouthVA]

Maybe those are electrical contacts, like from a busted up switch of some sort? Certainly similar to reeds though.

could be, however I think the different lengths would suggest different musical tones.

 

[ARC]

Maybe it is one of those "mouth picK" harmonica... or whatever they are called... mouth harp etc

 

[bigfoot1]

perhaps door/clock chime

 

[nhbenz]

In a thread with a nearly identical name this was determined (by Creskol) to be from a 3-reed concertina: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/223974-strange-musical-reed-what-instrument.html

 

[BobinSouthVA]

In a thread with a nearly identical name this was determined (by Creskol) to be from a 3-reed concertina: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/223974-strange-musical-reed-what-instrument.html

Thanks Nhbenz, great catch..