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HOHNER! A lot has happened since Matthias Hohner founded his company in 1857. Thanks to a consistently high quality, Hohner has become the world market leader for harmonicas and accordions, with a worldwide network of artists, from beginner to professional. Our instruments had an immense impact on the development of the blues, have become an important part of worldwide folk and traditional music, play an important role in the steady development of jazz, and have found a place on the classical stage. Even today, we still develop new instruments and improve existing ones. Always with the aim of allowing everyone to enjoy music anywhere. Hohner Marine Band! The Marine Band 1896 is the origin of the blues harmonica. This iconic instrument embodies the blues like no other and is the benchmark for diatonic harmonicas – that’s why it is still built almost the same today as in its 1896 patentation. Although originally intended for European folk music, the sound of the Marine Band quickly became formative for the 20th century American blues in 1896. Almost all the blues greats of the era played them, making them the voice of broken hearts and dancing through nights, endless prairie and stuffy nightclubs. Like no other harmonica, the Marine Band manages to tone feelings and boost creativity in 1896. Anyone who discovers this piece of living music history doesn’t just play the blues. He feels the blues.