[Harp-L] Re: Hohner Chordomonicas
Hello, Bob.
The wood-combed Hohner Chordomonicas I (10-hole, one slide), and II
(12-holes 2 slides) were made by Hohner from a design of Cham-Ber Huang, a
Chinese-born harmonica virtuoso, harmonica teacher, harmonica composer, harmonica
designer and USA citizen. They were made from the from the early 1960s to the mid
1980s.
Why was production of these unique harmonicas stopped? A guess would be that
they weren't popular, and
didn't make a lot of money for Hohner.
Chordomonicas appear on E-bay about every 6 months or so. They were made in
the keys of E, F, G, A, and C. I've only seen key of C Chordomonicas for
sale on E-bay.
The C.A. Seydel Sohne harmonica company sells an improved copy of the
Chordomonica I. It's called the Seydel Chromatic Deluxe Chor. It's improved,
because it has 12 holes instead of the ten holes of the Hohner Chordo I (the Chor
has extended range). I don't know how many keys are available for the the
Seydel Deluxe Chromatic Chor, but it's at least in C.
John Broecker
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