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Hohner 270/48 Chromonica, Key of Cby Hohner
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Features
- 48 precision-crafted reeds
- 12 holes
- 5-5/8" long
Product Description
The top choice of many discriminating harmonica artists, Hohner's Super Chromonica features a warm pearwood body with a smooth chrome-plated mouthpiece. This solo tuned 48-reed model has a full three octave chromatic range. Complete 12-note octaves with all the sharps and flats can be played on a Chromatic Harmonica. Each single hole contains four reeds; a blow reed and a draw reed for two natural notes as well as a blow reed and a draw reed for two chromatic notes. A side sliding button is pushed to activate the chromatic notes, which closes off the airflow from one set of reeds and enables the other set to vibrate. All Hohner chromatics except the Koch and Slide Harp are solo tuned, meaning each group of four holes covers a complete octave.Reviews
The chromatic to start out withThe 270 is probably the most widely used chromatic out there, and it is probably the harp you want to get if you are just starting out with chromatics. Its 3 octave range gives you access to plenty of music, and gives you additional freedom to improvise over a 10 hole chromatic. The quality of the instrument is consistently good for the price, and is nearly identical to the 260. The playability of the instrument is perhaps not as good as the CX-12 or Super 64, but you probably don't want to spend double the cost of the 270 for those reasons alone, especially if you are just starting out (or are a casual player, I know the 270 served me well for nearly 20 years before I stepped up to the Super 64).
If you already have experience playing chromatics and want better playability, either the CX-12 or Super 64 (which has better sound as well) may be worth looking into. But in all other cases, the 270 is the best machine for the price.
