Harmonica

Description

This harmonica was donated by the owner, who was a resident of Bures, Suffolk. It is a mouth-blown instrument sounded with free-reeds (one for each note). This particular example is "The Wizard" model offered by Rauner, which is probably a tremolo harmonica. Tremolo harmonicas are basically diatonic models that have two reeds for each note slightly off-tuned to create a "tremolo" effect. It is made of a wooden block painted in orange, in a regular rectangular shape, which has two rows of cut channels in the wooden block for 40 notes, and two chrome-plated covering plates on each side, which protect the reeds and provide a tone-chamber.