Playable Miniature Harmonica with Neck Chain in key of C. Available with bright blue covers. Bright pink plastic carrying/gift box included. From Golden Cup.

This lovely miniature is only 35mm long and makes a marvellous collectable, an interesting display piece or a excellent present for any musician!

... and yes, you're right! it's terminally cute!! Everyone we show our tiny instruments to says words to the effect of "Ooooh, aren't they cute!"

We have lots more listings of tiny instruments coming up on eBay over the next few months. Keep an eye on our Other Instruments index and the new Miniatures section of our eBay store MandoHarp Australia.

Report for this particular instrument

Purchased new from an American distributor. Received in perfect order - no scratches or discolouration, no scuffing on case. No tuning required. Good sealing - no untoward air leaks detected. No additional work required. Tested okay to offer for sale.

Dane is a professional systems engineer, academic and musician who has played harmonica for over forty years. He currently plays harmonica and mandolin with a celtic/folk/blues band, Headland and a celtic/gypsy band, The Gypsy Tarts. Dane has researched and practiced harmonica maintenance and tuning in earnest for the last five years (since retiring from full-time professional work), and during this time has often been privileged to meet and learn from some of Australia's premier harmonica artists and technicians. On the qualifications side of things, Dane has undergraduate degrees in Engineering and Business, and post-graduate qualifications in Information Technology and Education. He works as a part-time academic these days and though he loves teaching computer engineering he enjoys himself much more when working on instruments and playing music!

Diatonic Harmonicas 

Diatonic harmonicas come in several types (Tremolo, Bues, Octave etc.) with the common attribute being that the harmonica is tuned to a particular key (or scale). See the Wikipedia entry for Diatonic harmonica for excellent general descriptions of the major types of diatonic harmonica.

"Diatonic means, roughly, something in only one key, and that's the meaning applied to the harmonica. A C harmonica is tuned to the C major scale, and plays the two most important chords in C (C Major chord and G 7th chord). If you want to play the same song in another key, let's say D, you'd pick up a D harp and play it the same way you did in C. It's a little like using a capo on a guitar."  Harp-L FAQ

• Playable miniature
• Bright blue or red covers
• Neck chain
• Great as neck ornament
• Makes excellent collectable or gift
• Bright pink carrying/gift box

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All MandoHarp instruments bought at a Buy it Now price now include a FREE, 6-month, return-to-base warranty against defects in parts and workmanship included in the Buy it Now price. Extended warranties and warranties for Auction purchases are also available for an addtional fee.

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At MandoHarp we play the instruments we sell! Each of our musician and craft associates has over thirty years experience within their area of expertise. At MandoHarp our pimary areas of expertise are Mandolins and Harmonicas, hence our name. We also have associates who work with a wide range of instruments, especially folk. At MandoHarp we appreciate fine instruments and we want you to have them!

Personal Service

At MandoHarp we like to get to know our customers - we're musicians and we like to get to know other musicians. We love to talk with musicians whenever possible (probably a bit too much!). And especially musicians who are interested in our instruments. Please feel more than welcome to email (info@mandoharp.com) or phone us (02-65685545) to discuss your music at any time.

Inspections, trials and pickup by prior arrangement are welcome at our workshop in Nambucca Heads, near Coffs Harbour on the NSW North Coast.