I heard second-hand that there was a paper published in an early SHA
journal on Jew's Harps. I haven't had time to look it up yet, but their
entire collection is on CD-ROM with an index.... It may be worth a try.
Heather
 
At 09:20 AM 12/4/1997 -0600, you wrote:
>Lynn Evans:
>
>I, also, have been trying to find out more about 'Jew's Harps'. They are
>also called 'Juice Harps', which I believe was the original or "proper"
>terminology, with 'Jew's harps' being more of a slang term. I don't know
>how long they have been around, but they are pretty common in Civil
>War campsites.  White Star Consulting recently recovered eight of the
>brass note scales, from Jew's Harps,  in a late 1862 Union camp in
>Newtonia, MO.  We did not recover any of the iron frames or bodies,
>whatever they are called, and all of the brass scales are different
>lengths (3 to 8 cm).  I am trying to finish the artifact write-up, and would
>like to know more about them myself. I have not been able to find any
>photos or references for them except in Civil War artifact books.
>