The Chromatic Harmonica, Gretsch Double-Sided Chromatic
Images from The Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection (7)
Chromatic Harmonica by
M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 1910-1930
NMM 8991.
Chromatic harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 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.
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.
Gretsch
Double-Sided Chromatic Harmonica , Germany, after 1930
NMM 9018. Chromatic
harmonica by Gretsch, Germany, after 1930. This double-sided chromatic
harmonica in C and G was a short-lived experiment. Most chromatic players
became adept enough to play in any key on a C-tuned instrument, so a second key
was unnecessary. After 10 years of searching for another example, Alan Bates
concluded that this is the only double-sided chromatic harmonica known to exist.
Alan G. Bates Collection, 2000.
Chromatic Harmonica by
M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 1910-1930
NMM 8991.
Chromatic harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 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.
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.
Gretsch
Double-Sided Chromatic Harmonica , Germany, after 1930
NMM 9018. Chromatic
harmonica by Gretsch, Germany, after 1930. This double-sided chromatic
harmonica in C and G was a short-lived experiment. Most chromatic players
became adept enough to play in any key on a C-tuned instrument, so a second key
was unnecessary. After 10 years of searching for another example, Alan Bates
concluded that this is the only double-sided chromatic harmonica known to exist.
Alan G. Bates Collection, 2000.
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