Here’s a follow-up to our previous posts on the history of the harmonica in Australia. Ray Grieve, author of A Band in a Waistcoat Pocket and related works, tells of the quest for the fabled Hohner Chromatically Tuned Up-To-Date Harmonica and his encounter with Hohner’s first representative in Australia, Kurt Jacob.
This article first appeared in the estimable Simply Australia site.
You can buy Ray’s books, CDs and other products at his Bushlark Music site.