Images from The Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection

Chromatic Harmonica by Hohner, Trossingen, 1936

NMM 9693. Chromatic harmonica by Hohner, Trossingen, 1936. In the early 1930's, Hohner introduced a 12-hole and, in 1936, a 16-hole chromatic harmonica that allows the performer to play a span of four full chromatic octaves. This is the very first version of the sixteen-hole harmonica and features the Hohner trademark displayed just above the "64 CHROMONICA" model name. Alan G. Bates Collection, 2000.

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