Category

Harmonicas

Diatonic, chromatic, tremolo, orchestral, and specialty harmonicas, plus harmonica makers and model families.

Models

  • Hohner Progressive Series

    Germany

    Hohner's Progressive series of German-made diatonic harmonicas, built on an airtight plastic comb. The line includes the Special 20, the Golden Melody, and the Rocket models.

  • Suzuki Olive C-20

    Harmonica · Japan

    A professional 10-hole, 20-note diatonic harmonica from Suzuki, tuned to equal temperament and aimed at pop and jazz playing. It is built around a body of resin containing natural wood fiber and is finished with a trademark vivid green stainless-steel cover. Suzuki positions the Olive as a sister model to the blues-oriented Manji, and it is offered across many keys.

  • Suzuki ProMaster

    Harmonica · Japan

    A professional 10-hole diatonic harmonica from Suzuki (model MR-350), built with phosphor-bronze reeds and a one-piece anodized aluminum comb for a bright, projecting tone and airtight response. It is offered in standard and valved versions across many keys.

  • Tombo Tremolo 3121

    Harmonica · Japan

    A tremolo harmonica from the Japanese maker Tombo (No. 3121) with 21 tones produced by 42 reeds, using paired reeds tuned slightly apart to create the shimmering tremolo sound characteristic of East Asian and folk harmonica playing. It has an ABS comb body and is offered across several major and minor keys.

  • Hering Vintage Harp 1923

    Harmonica · Brazil

    A 10-hole, 20-reed diatonic harmonica from the Brazilian maker Hering (model 1020), named for the company's 1923 founding. It uses a Richter note arrangement across three octaves in a major key and is built with a wooden body and extra-thick brass reed plates for a full, punchy blues and folk tone. It is offered across many keys.

  • Seydel 1847

    Harmonica · Germany

    C.A. Seydel Sohne's flagship 10-hole diatonic harmonica, named for the company's 1847 founding year. It is distinguished by stainless-steel reeds, which Seydel pioneered for durability and a bright, stable tone, and is sold in a wide range of keys.

  • Hohner Marine Band Deluxe

    Harmonica · Germany

    A modernized version of Hohner's Marine Band in the same 10-hole, 20-reed Richter format, built around a triple-lacquered pearwood comb with an UltraGlide mouthpiece coating to reduce swelling. It keeps the traditional Marine Band tone while improving airtightness, comfort, and serviceability, and is offered across a full range of keys.

  • Hohner Golden Melody

    Harmonica · Germany

    Hohner's only professional diatonic harmonica tuned to equal temperament, which lets it play in tune across all positions and keys and has long made it a favorite for single-note melody and jazz playing. It is a 10-hole, 20-reed Richter-layout harmonica; the current Golden Melody Progressive pairs brass reed plates with an ABS comb and stainless-steel covers, and was redesigned for better airtightness and handling.

  • Hohner Marine Band

    Harmonica · Germany

    Hohner's long-running Marine Band series of 10-hole diatonic harmonicas, made in Germany and tuned in the Richter system. First sold in the 1890s, the line became central to blues, country, and rock harmonica playing and now spans the traditional 1896 model alongside modernized pearwood and bamboo-comb versions.

  • Technical line drawing of Hohner Super Chromonica 270 Deluxe

    Hohner Super Chromonica 270 Deluxe

    Harmonica · Germany

    A 12-hole chromatic harmonica in Hohner's Chromonica line.

  • Technical line drawing of Suzuki Manji M-20

    Suzuki Manji M-20

    Harmonica · Japan

    A Suzuki 10-hole diatonic harmonica with a composite body designed to evoke a wooden-body response.

  • Seydel Session Steel

    Harmonica · Germany

    A 10-hole, 20-reed diatonic blues harmonica from C.A. Seydel Sohne built with the company's corrosion-free stainless-steel reeds for long playing life and a clear, full tone. It pairs an ABS comb with recessed nickel-silver reed plates and ergonomic, rounded stainless-steel covers, and is offered in a wide range of standard and low keys.

Sources

Makers

  • Lee Oskar Harmonicas

    Lee Oskar Harmonicas is a harmonica brand known for modular diatonic harmonicas in standard and altered tunings.

  • Hering Harmonicas

    Hering Harmonicas is a Brazilian harmonica maker founded in 1923 by Alfred Hering in Blumenau, in southern Brazil. It became one of the world's notable harmonica producers, was owned by Hohner from the early 1960s into the late 1970s, and was relaunched by Brazilian investors in 1996; since 2017 it has been owned by SHG. Hering is known especially for diatonic, chromatic, tremolo, and octave harmonicas.

  • Hohner

    Hohner is a German musical-instrument maker founded in Trossingen in 1857, especially associated with harmonicas and accordions.

  • Tombo Musical Instruments

    Tombo Musical Instruments is a Japanese harmonica maker and the manufacturer behind Tombo and Lee Oskar harmonicas.

  • C.A. Seydel Sohne

    C.A. Seydel Sohne is a Klingenthal harmonica maker whose brand identity centers on the 1847 founding date and stainless-steel-reed harmonicas.

  • Suzuki Musical Instrument Mfg.

    Suzuki Musical Instrument Mfg. is a Hamamatsu musical-instrument maker with harmonicas, melodions, educational instruments, percussion, and electronic instruments.

Part of

  • Free-Reed Instruments

    Instruments whose sound is produced by free reeds, including harmonicas and accordions.