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So, too, did all of his department heads on their own fiefdoms and the oddball band Tune-Yards on the score, a cacophony of circus oompahs, mouth harps and kazoos.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
The singer, instrumentalist, radio and TV personality played fiddle and guitar as his primary instruments, but also was known to play banjo, bass, mouth harp and accordion.
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William Thornton | [email protected],
al,
13 Jan. 2023
Investigators have found seventeenth-century pottery, horn buttons, sewing tools, and a brass mouth harp, as well as a burial ground for those who worked at Sylvester Manor against their will.
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Tom Junod,
The New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2022
The instruments appear to have been made by splintering the ribs of cows or horses, which distinguishes them from other ancient mouth harps found in the region.
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Brigit Katz,
Smithsonian,
23 Jan. 2018
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
The singer, instrumentalist, radio and TV personality played fiddle and guitar as his primary instruments, but also was known to play banjo, bass, mouth harp and accordion.
—
William Thornton | [email protected],
al,
13 Jan. 2023
Investigators have found seventeenth-century pottery, horn buttons, sewing tools, and a brass mouth harp, as well as a burial ground for those who worked at Sylvester Manor against their will.
—
Tom Junod,
The New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2022
The instruments appear to have been made by splintering the ribs of cows or horses, which distinguishes them from other ancient mouth harps found in the region.
—
Brigit Katz,
Smithsonian,
23 Jan. 2018
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“Mouth harp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mouth%20harp. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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