Hohner Marine Band 1896 Classic BM 10 Hole Harmonica

HOHNER! A lot has happened since Matthias Hohner founded his company in 1857. Through consistently high quality, HOHNER became the world market leader for harmonicas and accordions, with a worldwide network of artists, from beginners to professionals. Our instruments have had a huge influence on the development of blues, have become an important part of global folk and traditional music, play an important role in the continuous development of jazz, and have found a place on the classical stage. Today, we are still developing new instruments and improving existing ones. Always with the aim of making everyone enjoy music anywhere. HOHNER Marine Band! The Marine Band 1896 is the origin of the Blues harmonica. This iconic instrument embodies the blues like no other and is the benchmark for diatonic harmonicas – which is why it is built almost as much as it did with its patent in 1896. Although it was originally intended for European folk music, the sound of the Marine Band quickly became formed in 1896 for American blues in the 20th century. Almost all the blues mates of the era played them, thus making them the voice of broken hearts and danced nights, endless prairie and stuffy nightclubs. Like no other harmonica, the Marine Band 1896 manages to show feelings and stimulate creativity. Anyone who discovers this piece of living music history is not only playing the blues. He feels the blues.

• Tuning plates: brass, 0.9 mm; tuning plates surface: brass; tuning tongues: 20, brass
• Kancel body: pear tree, brown; surface cancel body: double lacquered; nozzle surface: pear tree
• Lid: stainless steel
• Tone type: H; mood: judge, harmonious minor
• Number of holes: 10; tone circumference: 3 octaves; length: 10 cm