Hohner 280/C 64 Reed Chromonica

I bought it as used from the amazon warehouse, arrived in a day and there was not any cosmetic or functional issuse. Item itself is a piece of art. no air leakage, soft effective slider and a very delightful sound. It has a quick response in the upper registers...

It’s everything I could ask for. My previous chromatic harmonica didn’t come with instructions in its care, so some of the notes became “sticky”. In fairness, I did have it for over 25 years! This is on a whole new level in terms of how it accepts expression. My input needs to be more subtle on occasions as it is so responsive. Looking forward to it becoming instinctive. Amazon have suggested that I could mention value for money or comfort. Here goes… Was it worth it? A resounding yes! Is it comfortable? Well, it fits in my hands and is longer by an octave than my old Huang, but it’s manageable and I am getting comfortable with it. It’s a beautiful instrument. Oh, it is loud - so it’s a good idea to find somewhere to practice before inflicting it on your neighbours!

Excellent sound quality and value for money. Highly recommended.

Deep rich sounding harmonica, as should be expected really as it's a Hohner? Liked the sound quality so much l went and ordered it's little brother which was delivered 24 hours later. Well done ? 👍

Super inspiring, relatively affordable yet perfect for the price range, you can’t go wrong.

I'm so pleased with this Harmonica. I bought it to replace the one that I owned for thirty years. I decided that it was better to replace than to have the old one repaired .

Absolutely awful product. Have tried 2 of them and both were faulty. Amazon were amazing and are refunding my money. They will be removing this product because of the number of complaints

Oh dear. I purchased this model along with one of a different brand that was almost half the price. Unfortunately the Hohner had two faults before even testing it, and so I returned it. Firstly, the corners are very sharp. To the point that I have no doubt they would have cut through the skin on my hands when playing. Secondly, the mechanism (button press), is extremely scratchy & noisy and so would be very distracting when playing. In addition, the case it's supplied in is no where close to being luxurious compared to the cheaper brand that I purchased. Once upon a time Hohner was deemed to be a top brand in harmonicas. Unfortunately I will not be purchasing this brand again. Don't assume that the more money you pay will get you a higher quality instrument in this case.

Todas las notas ofrecen sonido bastante fácil. Algunas de las más graves necesitan atacarse con cuidado pero no llegan a quedar sordas como me ha pasado con otras marcas. Son 16 agugeros. Aunque la numeración llega al 12 es porque al princiopio aparecen 4 con número en negativo y la quinta va numerada como 1. El cambio es bastante suave y el muelle vuelve la placa deslizante a su sitio enseguida.

Excellent quality, beautiful tone.

Parfait et rapide

Or if not the best, at least a really good harp like the Chromatica 280 C. I'm a beginning harmonica player with 15 years of musical instruction and 30 years of playing piano, clarinet, and guitar under my belt. My musical bent turns mostly toward classical with a bit of gospel, so I searched for almost a year to find the "right" harp (as harmonicas are called). I decided not to waste money on a less expensive instrument because I figured from all I've read the 280 C can grow with me, or rather, the better I learn to play it, the better the music from it. Just like the other three I've learned to play. The advantages for me over the other instruments are that I can take it anywhere, play almost any sort of music on it, and play a wider range of music because of its 4-octave reach. Being in the key of C doesn't matter, either, because the slide will enable me to play in all the keys I can learn. Unlike the diatonic harps I won't need to buy other harmonicas to play in other keys. I figure this harmonica will be as good as I can play, and thanks to a couple of great harmonica books, it already sounds better than when I first picked it up a little over a month ago. The books are The Chromatic Harmonica Method by Max De Aloe, and Harmonic for Dummies by Winslow Yerxa. With this combo of books and instrument, the only limitations on where I can go musically are my own.

Instrument mit wunderbar klaren und vollen Tönen. Egal ob ganz hoch, oder ganz tief, es klingt einfach. Schade dass es in so einer wirklich billigen Plastikschatulle ankommt in der eine ganz dünne rote Formfolie eingelegt ist. Ich finde so ein Instrument sollte auch eine edle Verpackung haben.