VINTAGE KOCH CHROMATIC HARMONICA IN "C"

A 10 HOLE INSTURMENT THAT LOOKS AND PLAYS LIKE BRAND NEW

2 FULL CHROMANTIC SCALES IN THE KEY OF "C"

ALL NOTES PLAY WITH THE SLIDE IN OR OUT. A CHROMATIC HARMONICA USES A SLIDE OPERATED BY A LEVER ON THE RIGHT HAND END OF THE HARMONICA. WHEN PRESSED "IN", YOU ARE PLAYING THE SHARPS AND FLATS FOR THE KEY IN WHICH THE HARMONICA IS DESIGNED. IN THIS CASE IT IS THE KEY OF "C"

THERE IS A CRACK ON THE BACK OF THIS HARMONICA. WHEN DISASSEMBLED THE COMB (WOODEN BODY) WAS FOUND TO BE INTACT. THE CRACK WAS ON THE HEAVY WOOD END OF THE HARP AND ON THE SURFACE ONLY IT WAS NOT NEAR NOR IN THE SOUND CHAMBER OF THE COMB. 

THIS IS AN UNUSUALLY NICE HARP THAT NEEDS A GOOD HOME. WHEN I MARKET A USED HARMONICA, IT HAS BEEN DISASSEMBLED DOWN TO THE COMB AND THE COMB HAS BEEN CHECKED FOR ANY KIND OF LEAKAGE. IF ANY ARE FOUND, THEY ARE REPAIRED. THE REED PLATES ARE THEN CAREFULLY CLEANED, REPLACED ON THE COMB AND THE REEDS TUNED. THE METAL PARTS ARE THEN CLEANED WITH HOT WATER AND SOAP AND THEN SANITIZED BEFORE BEING ASSEMBLED TO THE HARMONICA. I DO NOT, HOWEVER, REPLACE THE REED PLATES. IF I DID YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY NEW HARMONICA PRICE FOR A USED HARMONICA.

One must remember that an older harmonica, even though renovated, has reeds that have been used many many times. I therefore strongly advise that anyone who is a professional musician playing with a band should not buy a used harmonica. It just is not going to take hard performance play on a day to day basis for very long.

This is a 10 hole Koch chromatic harmonica and it is Richter tuned. Richter tuning is the standard method of setting up diatonic harmonicas. The following chart shows an example of how the standard 10 hole diatonic harmonica is set up. The model is for the key of C, but harps in other keys use the same spacing in the key that the harmonica is designed for.

BID, BUY AND MAKE MUSIC AND-----KEEP HARPIN' David