The Marine Band 1896 is the origin of the Blues harmonica. Iconic instrument, embodies better than any other blues and is the benchmark for all diatonic harmonica. That's why it is built today just as carefully as it was when it was filed for its patent in 1896. Although designed for European folk music, the instrument defined the sound of blues in the 20th century. Almost all the great musicians of the genre have played on Marine Band to summon broken hearts, night parties, endless meadows, and fish clubs. No other harmonica can translate feelings into sounds and stimulate creativity. When you discover this legend instrument, you don't just play the blues... You feel it!