[Harp-L] Re: Hohner Bass Harp?

[MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx]

Hello, Mr. Bowman.
 
This is only a guess, and may be 100% wrong.
 
The Hohner Educator Bass #976 was made in the 1930s through the 1950s (?)  
as a low-priced introduction to bass harp playing. I don't know if this is 
your  Chromatica bass harp.
 
The Educator's range was not in the range of a two octave,  E-E double  
bass harp. The Educator bass started at the C in the bass clef, and went to C#, 
 one octave higher, plus the C# above middle C. 
 
It was a blow-only harp, with only one comb, and the reeds were located  
with the natural reeds (white keys on a piano) on the lower row, and the sharp 
 reeds (black keys on a piano) on an upper row.
 
The Hohner Educator series was a group of harmonicas created for school  
music programs. There was an Educator solo-system single reed 12-hole 
diatonic,  possibly an Educator chord harp with a few simple chords, and the 
Educator bass  harp. 
 
This is only a guess. I've never seen the Educator bass or chord  harps.
 
Today's "Hohnica" Educator valveless 10-hole slide chromatic is of the  
earlier Hohner series, but is made in China for Hohner.
 
John Broecker