Hi I have inherited my grandfathers Unsere Lieblinge and tried to find information on a note chart for it. What I did find was now available is a 48 hole and a 36 hole Lieblinge but this one is a 40 hole C harmonica. All the holes seem to work so Iam interested in learning to play it. The age of it will interest my family because of their putting together a family tree
Hi Steinkamp,
it’s difficult to date harmonicas, as most models (including the Unsere Lieblinge) don’t have serial numbers and were produced over a long period. A photo of the box would be helpful. This link (from the hohner.de website) takes you to tuning charts, the one you want is bottom right.
Hope that helps
Steve
https://hohner.de/fileadmin/cat/2020/index.html?catalog=Harmonicas#page_58
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Ah, now I see you posted a photo. From the state of the box it’s obviously pretty old, and the lower cover shows the 6 pointed star between the hands, so it could have been made at any time up until the 1970s, but no later. Some claim that the star indicates a pre-WW2 instrument, but this is disputed. My production list says that the version with the double picture on the box was first produced in 1923.
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