[Harp-L] Antique Marine Band Deluxe

[Joe Spiers <joemopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve
I found an interesting one the other day that I've never come across.  
It's very old, at least from the teens or earlier. The comb is natural  
colored, the platform is deeper like the 364 except 10 holes, and in  
the key of F. It is a Marine Band Deluxe, and the covers are brass,  
which appear to be nickel plated then gold plated over that. It's  
nothing like the Deluxe from the 1920's like I refurbished for Jason  
Ricci. Has anyone else come across one of these before?

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On Apr 25, 2010, at 4:07 AM, Steve Baker <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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