[Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Digest, Vol 57, Issue 36

[MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx]

Hello, 46longblake.
 
Here are two reputable sources for antique harmonica information:
 
_www.patmissin.com_ (http://www.patmissin.com) 
 
_www.harleysharps.com_ (http://www.harleysharps.com) 
 
The Hohner Super Chromonica 12-hole slide chromatic harmonica #260 1/2 was  
made from the mid- 1920s to the present day. It's the world's most copied  
slide chromatic harmonica, and probably the world's most popular.
 
It's catalog number has been changed, from #260 1/2 to #270, but today's  
#270 Super Chromonica is identical to the #260 1/2 made in the past. Everything  
is the  same, except the slide return spring was an exterior one, in the  
1920s, and was changed to an internal spring in the 1930s.
 
Today's Hohner #260 is called the Chromonica, and it has 10 holes. The  
Chromonica has gone through at least two, maybe three note placement changes  since 
it was first introduced in 1910 or 1911. The Chromonica is not the Super  
Chromonica.
 
John Broecker



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