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Harmonica's History Tells Story of Global Commerce

By Ethan Lindsey
Published December 6, 2006 at 10:00 AM PST
This story was published more than 18 years ago.

For those with a love of the harmonica, now is your chance to learn more about its history. The German Harmonica Museum is on tour right now in the United States.

But to learn more about the instrument, reporter Ethan Lindsey went straight to the source: the small town of Trossingen, Germany, where the harmonica was invented.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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