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Hohner 542 Golden Melody Harmonica  

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Hohner

A smoothly curved, diatonic harp with a 1950's look that features equal-tempered tuning, making it ideal for playing melodies.

The Hohner Golden Melody harmonica has an attractive 1950s look thanks to its rounded shape and closed-sided, full-length covers. An especially airtight harmonica with a strong, full-bodied sound, the Golden Melody is the only Hohner diatonic harp with equal-tempered tuning, which makes it especially suitable for melody playing.

Curved cover plates extend the entire length of the Golden Melody harmonica, providing increased resonant capacity. With a comfortably curved shape, the Golden Melody harmonica's smooth, rounded corners fit nicely into the palms of your hands as you play. Hohner sets the Golden Melody harmonica's reeds close to the open-framed mouthpiece, so it responds to the subtlest of commands—making the Golden Melody perfect for overblowing as well as for bending. You'll find taht the Golden Melody's sound is unique in its class with a slightly different tuning that produces full, rich, melodic tone.

Although it's a favorite harmonica among gospel and hymn players on Sunday mornings, the Golden Melody can definitely hold its own in the blues bar the night before. The Hohner Golden Melody harmonica is a favorite of great harpists such as Pierre Lacocque of Mississippi Heat, jazz virtuoso Howard Levy, and Levy's renowned Cuban-Canadian student, Carlos Del Junco. Its unique design, coupled with an airtight, dark red, plastic body sets the 10-hole Golden Melody harmonica apart. Its equal-temperament tuning makes the Hohner Golden Melody a natural for country music. And there's no doubt that your Golden Melody is the harmonica that can bring down the house on blues and rock numbers.

Choose your desired key!

About Hohner:
Hohner is a family company founded in 1857 in Trossingen, Germany by Matthias Hohner. Hand-made quality and close attention to detail has set Hohner apart from the beginning. A top leading brand in harmonicas, Hohner harps are distributed worldwide. Hohner harmonicas are played on the street by buskers, in intimate nightclubs, on festival stages, and even in Carnegie Hall. Despite a diverse harmonica line used in music from country to classical genres, the most famous Hohner harmonicas are their simple, 10-hole diatonics used frequently by blues, rock, country, and folk musicians.

Features

  • 10-hole diatonic
  • Standard (Richter) tuning
  • Reeds: 20
  • Reedplates: brass; 0.9 mm
  • Plastic, red comb
  • Length: 10 cm
  • Hohner harmonicas feature:
  • Improved reed profiles to increase reed life by over 200%
  • Precision die punches to ensure reed plates with unparalleled air tightness
  • Improved tuning accuracy (through investment in innovative new tools)
  • Extremely stable stainless steel covers that won't tarnish and are easy to clean
  • Dynamic range and highest volume of most any commercially made harmonica
  • Super-fast response at all volume levels
  • Easily adjustability for overblows
  • A unique Hohner sound that is a tone benchmark for blues, folk, and rock

Play distinct country melodies or bring down the house bending blues notes with this curvy harmonica when you order today.

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This Harmonica is Awesome!!!!

| Review By: Ethan Reynolds | 1 day, 8 hours ago

0 people out of 0 found this review helpful

Features:

The Curve of the body was perfect for my hands!!!!

Quality:

The sound quality is like no other Harmonica I've had!!!!

Value:

Good price, for a good instrument!!!

Overall:

The best Harmonica Experience I have had!!!

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Advanced
Style of music you play:
Bluegrass/Folk
Where you live:
Tennessee

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Golden melody key of A

| Review By: gene kinley | 1 month, 4 days ago

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Great harp, good tone and sound for single notes, still very bendable for blues, great sound on overblues.  Still has easy to maintain and dependable plastic comb like the special 20.  I love the sound and performance of this harp as well as the price.  As I need new harps I am buying golden melodys to replace special 20s, wish I also like very much.  The golden melodys just have a deeper, richer, and fuller sound as well as a unique shape and ergonomics that natural cups well in your hands even while holding a mic.  Great harp for the price.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
solo and band member
Style of music you play:
christian blues, gospel
Where you live:
Mountain View, Arkansas

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Golden Melody harmonica

| Review By: Wayne Noah | 2 months, 3 days ago

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Easeist harmonica to play

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Novice
Style of music you play:
Old Country
Where you live:
San Diego

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Golden Melody

| Review By: gene kinley | 4 months, 6 days ago

3 people out of 4 found this review helpful

Features:

Great shape and easier to take apart, clean, and reassemble.

Quality:

Great sound. A little more resonance than the Special 20.

Value:

Fair price for a quality product.

Overall:

Was concerned if I could still get the good bends in my blues playing with this harp like I could with a Special 20.  Not dissapointed, it bends just as well with a smoother, cleaner sound on the individual notes with no overblow.  Great harp, great compact feel to it, better construction, better sound, good bends and overblows, and plastic combs like the Special 20.  As I wear out my remaining Special 20s, I will be replacing them with Golden Melody's.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
band member
Style of music you play:
Christian Blues and Rock
Where you live:
Arkansas

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Consider the Price

| Review By: Richard Pemble | 7 months, 3 weeks ago

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I bought a few harmonicas, but I did not play any as much as I played my two Golden Melody harps in the key of A and D. The tone and flexability of play were truly wonderful.

 

However, over the years I've discovered some negative qualities that I feel may counter my praises. The reeds of these Golden Melody harmonicas tend to stick more often than my other harmonicas. When I first take them out of the package I always gently flex the reeds, and after playing regularly take apart my harmonicas to clean them.

 

On my Golden Melody harmonica in the key of A I found that the 5th draw reed became irreversibly jammed. First it dropped from playing it's G note to only playing a C#, and then it became completely unplayable. I tried to coax it loose, but found that I couldn't get it to play a note at all.

 

My primary complaint now that I retrurn to MF to order a new one is that I feel the price does not reflect the quality. I really want a new Golden Melody, but I don't want it to break down again.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Musician
Style of music you play:
Folk, Indie, Blues
Where you live:
Orlando, Florida

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1096356

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