[Harp-L] Why it was called Marine Band

[Steve Baker <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the 1890s the Band of the US Marines was led by the famous  
American composer John Philip Sousa, who was a great advocate of the  
harmonica as a tool for popular musical education. Hohner named the  
instument after the band in his honor. As the English speaking world  
was (and still is) the largest market for their instruments, Hohner  
naturally used a lot of English names. They also used Portuguese,  
Italian and other languages where it was appropriate for the market

Steve Baker
www.stevebaker.de
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