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June 17, 2006
Lovely old chromatic mouth organ
This lovely old Hohner Chromatic Harmonica belongs to a mate of mine Garrett Ryan. I think he said he inherited it from his Uncle (I was the other side of two bottles of beer and a couple of shots of vodka and Absinthe at that stage...)
It must be from the 40's :)
Amazingly, it sounds as good as it looks!
Sweet - click this last image for a more detailed view...
I love old instruments like this. The detail that goes into anything from before mass-production really kicked in, before such things were designed and sold as instruments first and products second.
The attention to detail on the packaging is great. The quality is obvious as it has stood up to 50+ years of use and delivered the harmonica from the past to our present in near immaculate condition.
Did I mention it sounds great? It is lovely to play too - really solid, comfortable - reassuring that you can play what you want, it begs you to play it.
Oh yeah.
Posted by dottie at June 17, 2006 4:40 PM