Hohner Accordions Hohner 1896BX Marine Band Harmonica, Key of C Sharp Minor (1896BX-MC#)

As expert harp player Steve Baker describes in his book, The Harp Handbook, the Marine Band harmonica in Harmonic Minor tuning is in "traditional, minor diatonic tuning - the blow chord is minor, but the draw chord is major. In 1st position it has a sound all of its own, which is great for oriental melodies, tangos or russian [sic] folk music" In general, it has a very soulful, Eastern European sound. This multi-cultural harmonica is designed to play traditional ethnic music that is important to the heritage of many cultures including: minor eastern European, gypsy, Yiddish, Mediterranean, middle eastern, Asian and European/American folk music, as well as various selections of jazz and classic show tunes.