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(Not so) new toy, a birthday gift from 2014. Learning to play the harmonica is one of this year´s main goals.
Rock on
The back is written in German. "Frau Lisa Hoffman..." the rest I can't make out. Taken in 1966.
"Foto: Ernst Liniger" is stamped on the back, also.
Walked up to this guy playing the harmonica on the side of the street and asked him if I could make his picture. He replied with a nod, and then said "wait, let me get my teeth out".
From the inside back cover of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. There are a couple photos of Steve's home office from 2004. In both pictures, you can see this pile of harmonicas. I can find no reference elsewhere on the Internet to him playing harmonica.
I'd be lying if I told you I can rip out my harmonica and play an amazing song, but I am learning. I think it's such a cool little instrument.
These are the famous Harmonica Towers which define the skyline of beautiful, downtown Lakeside, California. Pictured here are towers A, C and F. Towers D, G and E are on the back side and are not in the picture. These were designed by well known Canadian blues artist and architect, Lee Oscar in the 1990's. As you can see they're only ten stories tall, but in Lakeside, that's tall. Not only that, but during a strong wind, the building emits a pleasing and bluesy sound which varies, depending on whether the wind is sucking or blowing. Rock on, Harmonica Towers.
I Can´t play any instrument, and it sucks!
I Love the Mouth Harmonica, so one goal for me, is to learn to play the Harmonica!xb
Enjoy :)
So, I get a new harmonica today, a Hohner Special 20.
I spent my morning looking for a couple of Special 20 or Golden Melody (in A & D) but I just find the Special 20 in D.
Family is growing.
Custom Wire wrap Harmonica case done like an owl.
Customized further with the musicians name on the back. Made from twisted, netted and hammered wire. The netting was done in such a way to appear like small feathers. His "beak" pops open to lift the lid of the case.
Luxi moved on. She soon was over biking and moved on to music-making. Here, she's taunting Niko with her new, shiny plastic green harmonica. There's nothing like riding a tricycle and playing the blues. (Or is it that all "music" played on a harmonica simply SOUNDS like the blues?) Eventually Niko would secure the harmonica for herself, and play it while riding her tricycle one-handed. At that point, I really had to stop taking pictures so that I could keep her from falling off the sidewalk.
These are a few of the boxes from my harmonica collection. Sometimes the box covers are more colourful and interesting than the harmonicas themselves. Boxes were made of either tin or cardboard. Sometimes you can date the harmonica by the style of clothes/hair shown on the box.