Re: [Harp-L] Re: Hohner Bass Harp?

[George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx>]

John Broecker,

I own an Educator Bass.  It is one red comb with two reed plates--lower reed
plate is C, upper reed plate is C#.  Playing a chromatic scale is similar to
playing on SUZUKI SDB-29/SDB-39, or Hohner HH-264, HH-265, HH-268 because
you have to rotate the harmonica in your hands.

George

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:57 AM, <MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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