Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2385 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title harmonica Subject 412.132 Publisher Hohner (first, second, third, fifth and sixth instruments) Butterfly (fourth instrument) Contributor Roger Vetter Type German American Format 3.9 in. length (first two instruments) 7.5 in. length (third and fourth instruments) 4.6 in. length (fifth instrument) 5.5 in length (sixth instrument) Identifier 6087 6097 6096 6160 6088 6095 Source Western Europe Language EN Coverage Germany Alternative Title harmonica á bouche Mundharmonika armonica a bocca mouth organ mouth harp Extent Marine Band C Marine Band E Goliath G Yamaha Band C minor Echo Super Chromonica Medium reed - metal wood metal - sheet Requires 1 Is Part Of Bluegrass String Band from the United States Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Europe Provenance Vetter collection Air cavity design for aerophones no standing wave cavity Source and direction of airstream player exhalation and inhalation through mouth creates airstream through instrument; bidirectional Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones encased free reed mounted on block Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones none Overblowing utilization in aerophones not used Pitch production in aerophones multiple pitches - multiple single-pitch free reeds activated directly by player Category of Instrument aerophone --