U. S. Patent #2416451, date February 25, 1947, for a method of and making integral reed plates and reeds by Finn H. Magnus assignor to International Plastic Harmonica Corporation.

It rings like a bell, with a loud, clear tone—not toylike or muffled like some cheaper plastic comb instruments. The author's own Lee Oskar Harmonica The best part? I have not had a reed go out ...

When you hear the twangy hum of a harmonica, the pure tones of a pitch pipe, or the rich chords of an accordion, you're hearing the vibrations of free reeds set in motion by rushing air.

The aim of Reeds and Ragas is “to create more audience for harmonica music,” he adds. The school where he works had once asked him to conduct summer camp for its children. As a self-taught ...