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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful Sweet Tone - Maximum Quality and Inexpensive, June 3, 2005
This review is from: Hohner 1493/32 C Echo Harmonica
Please, Hohner, make more non-tremolo double reed harmonicas. I guess the demand isn't there yet. It took me a while to learn how to play this because I lip block the upper reeds and mostly play the lower reeds. I will use the upper reeds for transitions and contrast but most melodies I play the lower reeds. You CAN actually draw bend these reeds and it sounds better than any ten hole I have ever played. Compared to the Comet, this has a much more beautiful tone. It could be the wooden comb. I am certainly not a wood comb purist. My favorite mouth organ is the Hohner Super 64 which isn't wood. This Hohner 1493 is inexpensive. It is double reed, octave tuned, of course, and has a gorgeous tone which can be played with maximum expression. I would like to buy it in the other availble Key of G. I wish Hohner would use this design for some of its single reed harmonicas because the volume range is incredible. It would also be nice if the non-Tremolo double reeds were available in more than just two keys.
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