Hohner Chromonica 48 Eb Harmonica

General

The Chromonica harmonica is among the absolute favourites of fans and listeners. The chromatic instrument has already played major roles in well-known songs, in all kinds of different genres. With 48 notes, the harmonica has a fine range and the great thing is that it does not involve an extreme amount of technique to achieve high notes, for instance. In fact, this can easily be achieved using the straight slide construction. It also allows you to make the sounds more "your own". The iconic sound is created by brass tuning slides with a thickness of 1.05 mm and brass tongues. All this is operated through the 12 holes in the nickel mouthpiece. The appearance of the Chromonica 48 is characterised by the contrast between the double-lacquered, brown pearwood and stainless steel covers.

Hohner quality

German specialist Hohner has been designing and manufacturing harmonicas for over 150 years. The company has been influential in the popularity of the instrument, working with world-famous musicians such as Toots Thielemans. Once again, the Chromonica 48 Eb has that quality you expect from Hohner products. Through a long road of patents, innovations and research, Hohner keeps coming up with improvements where there is a need. This variant is part of the Chromonica series and, besides all the distinctive aspects of the entire series, it has a different key (Eb) and range: Eb4 - F7. To keep the quality as high as possible, all materials are carefully selected and then the products are also hand-checked.

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