Issued in 1954 to Morris Gurtov of New York. A second patent was awarded to Mr Gurtov that day, US Design Patent 173426, also for a gun shaped harmonica:
Before you start to think that Gurtov might have been a violently inclined individual, it may be worth mentioning that his other patents included a fountain pen with built-in picture frame.
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