Harmonicas - Hohner

Larry Adler
Lawrence ”Larry“ Cecil Adler
(February 10, 1914 - August 7, 2001)
Adler taught himself harmonica and began
playing professionally at the age of 14. Adler
found stardom in the United Kingdom and
the British Empire, where, it has been written,
harmonica sales increased twenty-fold and
300,000 people joined fan clubs.
Together, HOHNER and Larry Adler have had
the greatest impact on chromatic harmonica
playing worldwide. While HOHNER constructed
and introduced this instrument in 1912, Larry
Adler made it a worldwide acknowledged standard.
Throughout his career, he played HOHNER
and felt connected to the company.
Larry Adler 48
The 12 hole Chromatic harmonica, dedicated to Larry Adler.
© June Mendoza, junemendoza.co.uk
6 SIGNATURE SERIES CHROMATIC · LARRY ADLER
LARRY ADLER
SIGNATURE
SERIES
Larry Adler is the most famous chromatic
harmonica player in the world, responsible
for bringing the instrument to a mass
audience for the first time through his
ground-breaking work in films, musicals
and on the concert stage.
The models bearing his name enjoy
continued popularity with both
professional and amateur harmonicists.
Larry Adler 64
The 16 hole Chromatic harmonica, dedicated to Larry Adler.
”Feel best in that little space
between a smile and a tear.“
The grand old man of harmonica jazz
Jean ‚Toots‘ Thielemans is one of the
most widely recorded artists on the
chromatic harmonica. He has also
composed numerous pieces for the
instrument. Conceived as an homage
to
the elder statesman of harmonica jazz
and designed in close cooperation with
the master himself, the two models of
this series reflect the musical demands
of the discerning jazz chromonica
player.
• » This is my instrument
of choice for ballads. «
Toots Mellow Tone
Thinner plates with short slots mark the characteristics of this instrument.
Refining of plates and covers enhances the look, feel and finish as on any
instrument of the Toots Thielemans Signature Series.
Toots Hard Bopper
The thicker plates and long slots produce the instruments special sound for
Jazz and all styles of music, where loudness and rapid response is required. All
models of the Toots Thielemans Signature Series are individually numbered.
Toots Thielemans
• » For up-tempo tunes which need
more edge the Hard Bopper is just right.«
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