Find sources: "Hohner"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( September 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Improved stainless steel covers ensure extra volume and greater stability, increase playing comfort and eliminate reed rattle.

The Marine Band’s importance on popular music throughout generations cannot be understated. With very little changes made to the original design over the years this instrument has withstood the test of time. The Marine Band has been utilized in all forms of popular music since the 19th Century. Tone – The tone of this harmonica is supreme. The brass reeds and wood comb give it that beautiful “woody” tone that, in my opinion, just can’t be beat. Of course, the tradeoff is comfort, but for tone, the Marine Band 1896 easily gets 5/5 Stars. Jerry Portnoy – The blues harmonica player is primarily a Hohner Marine Band Crossover player since it came out and has given it much praise. He has played with artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, as well as others.The Marine Band Classic is one of the few Hohner diatonics that is available in a full range of natural and harmonic minor tunings. For low tunings, we recommend the Hohner Thunderbird, which has been designed from the ground up as a low tuned harmonica, but still has similar tone and feel to the classic Marine Band. Matthias Karl Hohner, son of Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Hohner [ de] and a direct descendant in fourth generation and name bearer of the founder Matthias Hohner [ de], was one of the last members of the Hohner dynasty involved in managing the family business, between 1968 and 1986. His son Matthias Francisco Hohner belonged to the first generation of direct descendants who did not enter into the family business. Many direct descendants of the founder are still active as members of the "Deutsches Harmonika Museum" and the "Hohner'sche Familienverein". The Marine Band Soloist (364s) is the same as a twelve-hole chromatic harmonica without a button. Available in key of C. [15] VintAxe.com Vintage Guitars - Vintage European Catalogs - Hohner Electrics - 1977". www.vintaxe.com . Retrieved 2023-01-15. There is also a Super Chromonica 270 which contains forty-eight reeds and spans three octaves. [33]

With its screwed together assembly, triple lacquered pear wood comb with beveled channeled openings and optimized, extra stable covers with side vents, the Marine Band Deluxe is a state of the art instrument which is ideal for both traditional ad modern harmonica styles. Assembled with 3 reed plate screws and 4 cover screws to maximize air tightness and facilitate maintenance. During the American Civil War, Matthias Hohner distributed harmonicas to family members in the United States who in turn gave them to the soldiers. [3]

Bobby Darin – The multi-faceted artist released the Blues album "Commitment" in 1969. Several of the album's songs (including "Me and Mr. Hohner") rely heavily on his use of harmonicas. Prince himself had multiple luthier copies of the guitar made, some of them indistinguishable from the original. [68] As such, it's difficult to be definitive about when he was using an actual Hohner guitar. The Marine Band Octave has two rows of reeds tuned an octave apart. Available in the keys of C and G. [17] "Modular" harmonica system [ edit ]