Hohner Marine Band 364 12 hole FREE USA SHIPPING

When Sonny Boy Williamson II played his well known piece Bye Bye Bird, the harmonica he used was a model called the Echo Vamper. This was the British version of the Marine Band 364 offered here, the construction of which has not changed since with the exception of the cover engravings.

Features

• Tonal range extended upwards
• Pearwood comb
• Stainless steel covers mounted with screws
• Classic reeds / 12 channels
• 0.9 mm brass reed plates, mounted with nails

Specifications
Item name: Marine Band 364/24(MBND12)
Type: diatonic
Key LC,LD, G ( The case they come in show 364-C, 364-D, 364-G )
Tuning: Richter
Number of holes: 12
Reeds: 24 brass
Cover surface: stainless steel
Reed plates: 0,9 mm brass
Reed plate surface: brass
Mouthpiece surface: pearwood
Comb: pearwood, red
Length: 13,7 cm

364S Soloist

More Info: Taken from Pat Missins site. The typical 10-hole Richter harmonica uses a tuning that omits certain notes in the upper and lower octaves, as well as giving the same note on both 2 draw and 3 blow, in order to allow chordal accompaniment in the lowest range of the harp. One of the oldest variations on this layout is the so-called Solo Tuning, patented by in 1907 by William Benjamin Yates, of Alviso, California. This is a tuning that places a complete diatonic scale in each octave of the harmonica and is currently the most common tuning used on chromatics. There have been a variety of solo tuned diatonics made over the years, but there are only a few currently in production. Most of them are 12-hole harmonicas, including the Hohner Marine Band 364S