arzajac
132 posts
Apr 03, 2010
6:19 AM
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Does anyone know what era this marine band is from?
Last Edited by on Apr 03, 2010 6:20 AM
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barbequebob
667 posts
Apr 03, 2010
7:59 AM
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Can you post a picture of this but using the bottom side of the harmonica please? Why? First of all, they're still making these to this day and by looking on the back cover plate, I need to see if there's a Star of David on there, and if there is one, it would be a pre-WWII model.
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nacoran
1565 posts
Apr 03, 2010
10:03 PM
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Pat Missin's site has a really good article on dating Marine Bands. I don't have the link handy, but if you type in Pat Missin in a Google search I think there is a link to the article on the main page.
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Ryan
258 posts
Apr 03, 2010
11:55 PM
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That's actually a 12 hole marine band 364, and the pat missin site only dates the regular 10 hole diatonic marine bands.
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Blueharper
106 posts
Apr 04, 2010
6:30 AM
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Like Bob says,but without seeing the back I still say it is pre war judging by the box, if it is original to it.
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arzajac
135 posts
Apr 04, 2010
9:31 AM
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Thanks. Yes, I think it's a 364 (12 hole). I read somewhere that the MB 364 were first released in 1974.
Here is the underside.
Last Edited by on Apr 04, 2010 9:34 AM
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barbequebob
673 posts
Apr 04, 2010
12:39 PM
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That is NOT correct at all, as the 364 has been around for well over 125 years. You are most likely confusing it with the 364S, meaning Solo Tuned, which actually came out around 1976-77 as a replacement for the Marine Band Soloist (which I have two of) and the School Band model, both were discontinued in 1975. The 364S was a really lousy playing replacement of that old MB Soloist.
The 364S is basically a diatonic tuned like a chromatic without the slide, and the tuning is in ET.
The regular 364's were available in Low C and regular G, with the same basic note layout of most diatonic harps.
When you play it, you will know if it is in solo tuning or not.
Below is what that solo tuning is and they onloy make them in C (starting at Middle C):
BLOW C E G C C E G C C E G C
HOLE# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
DRAW D F A B D F A B D F A B
The normal 364's do NOT come tuned this way.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
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