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Images from The Alan G. Bates Harmonica
Collection
Early Hohner Chromatic Harmonica
NMM 8991. Chromatic harmonica by M. Hohner,
Trossingen, 1910-1930. The chromatic harmonica was introduced in 1910
as the alternative to diatonic harmonicas. The chromatic harmonica allowed
for a full chromatic scale through the use of a spring mechanism. The
spring was
attached to a slide which covered the diatonic set of reeds and exposed
the chromatic reeds when pressed with the index finger. The external
spring design shown on this harmonica was changed in 1930 to an internal
spring. Alan G. Bates Collection, 2000.
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