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The Hohner 562 Pro Harp is crafted with matte-black Greblon-coated* covers that give this harmonica an unmistakable appearance. The 560 Pro's airtight, black body brings a distinctive, non-traditional look to the harmonica, while its sound and performance are unmistakably the traditional Hohner standard.

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About Hohner MS-Series harmonicas:
The acronym 'MS' stands for Modular System, an integrated concept of Hohner's harmonica designs. MS-series harmonicas benefit from innovations that improve their playing characteristics and also significantly facilitate maintenance and handling. All Hohner MS-series harmonica parts (combs, reed plates, and covers) can be combined individually. Simple screw connections allow for easy assembly. This benefit offers harp players the ability to adjust their harmonicas to their individual requirements. For example, some players prefer the body of one harmonica and the cover plates of another, and so a "custom hybrid" is possible for the discerning harp player. Replacement reeds are available (see item: RP565 MS Replacement Reed Plates).

About Hohner:
Hohner is a family company founded in 1857 in Trossingen, Germany by Matthias Hohner. Hand-made quality and close attention to detail has set Hohner apart from the beginning. A top leading brand in harmonicas, Hohner harps are distributed worldwide. Hohner harmonicas are played on the street by buskers, in intimate nightclubs, on festival stages, and even in Carnegie Hall. Despite a diverse harmonica line used in music from country to classical genres, the most famous Hohner harmonicas are their simple, 10-hole diatonics used frequently by blues, rock, country, and folk musicians.

* Greblon is used as a non-stick coating for cookware.
Hohner 562 Pro Harp MS-Series Harmonica A
Hohner 562 Pro Harp MS-Series Harmonica A
Hohner 562 Pro Harp MS-Series Harmonica A

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  • 10-hole diatonic
  • Standard (Richter) tuning
  • Reeds: 20
  • Reedplates: brass; 0.9 mm
  • Plastic comb
  • Length: 10 cm
  • Hohner harmonicas feature:
  • Improved reed profiles to increase reed life by over 200%
  • Precision die punches to ensure reed plates with unparalleled air tightness
  • Improved tuning accuracy (through investment in innovative new tools)
  • Extremely stable stainless steel covers that won't tarnish and are easy to clean
  • Dynamic range and highest volume of most any commercially made harmonica
  • Super-fast response at all volume levels
  • Easily adjustability for overblows
  • A unique Hohner sound that is a tone benchmark for blues, folk, and rock

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Reviewed by 9 customers

  • Very happy with feel and playability

    5

    submitted6 years ago

    byjrayburn

    fromOregon

    Great feel.

  • Well made harp, sounds fantastic

    5

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    submitted7 years ago

    byJerry

    fromundisclosed

    Well made harp, sounds fantastic

  • Yes

    5

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    submitted7 years ago

    byWilliam

    fromundisclosed

    Harp is good for gigs. Hard to break.

  • Am getting a full set of these

    5

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    submitted8 years ago

    byJoseph

    fromundisclosed

    Easy as breathing, sounds like top of the line to me.

  • g - 2 draw DOA

    2

    submitted12 years ago

    byClayton Handleman

    fromMA

    Disappointing. Very nice except for the dead note. 2 hole is dead unless I draw really hard. Everything else is fine. Kind of odd to purchase something like this and have it be broken right out of the box. I am a beginner so took me a little time to realize that the thing was broken. Thought it was my bad at first. Reading other reviews it would appear it is not unusual. My suggestion - buy it, take it out of the box and test it. Then if it has dead holes, exchange it on the spot. Based on the way the rest of it plays I think it is probably pretty nice when it works. Just have poor QC at the factory.

  • Lives up to its name

    5

    submitted13 years ago

    byPaul Race

    fromSpringfield OH

    Though my dad taught me how to play harmonica as a child, I didn't learn to play "cross harp" until I was maybe 17. I had Marine Bands at the time, then upgraded to Blues Harps with the idea that they would be better. They just sounded thinner to me. At some point, I bought a Pro harp, the ancestor of the 562. I had a mix-and-match pile of harps for many years - different model harps in different keys, though I hadn't had much chance to play harp "out" in recent years. I recently cleaned out an old cabinet and found several different harps, one or two at a time. They all played fine but were not necessarily inspiring. Last of all I found my old Pro harp, all bent and dinged up. And it still played like new. Rich, loud, easy to blow, easy to bend. Guess what my next harp is going to be?

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  • submitted6 years ago

    asked byKurt

    fromIrvine, CA

    Can this harp be cleaned periodically under running water like the Lee Oskars?

    Can this harp be cleaned periodically under running water like the Lee Oskars?

    Open Reply - Ronald
    Yes it can. But you want to make sure that you let it dry out before you put it back together that way the plate doesn't get moldy or start smelling funky.