Hohner
Sign in to saveHohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of musical instruments, founded in 1857 by Matthias Hohner (1833–1902). It is a subsidiary of Matth. Hohner AG. The roots of the Hohner firm are in Trossingen, Baden-Württemberg. Hohner has manufactured a wide range of instruments, such as harmonicas, kazoos, accordions, recorder flutes, melodicas, banjos, electric, acoustic, resonator and classical guitars, basses, mandolins and ukuleles (under the brand name Lanikai). Hohner is known mostly for its harmonicas.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
- Company.logo
- Hohner nav logo.png
- Company.logo_size
- 120px
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.founder
- Matthias Hohner
- Company.successor
- H.S. Anderson (for electric guitars)
- Company.location_city
- Trossingen, Baden-Württemberg
- Company.location_country
- Germany
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Musical instruments
- Company.parent
- KHS Musical Instruments
- Company.homepage
- hohner.de
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Article
28 sectionsContents
- History
- Diatonic harmonicas
- Marine Band
- Modular harmonica system
- Other diatonic harmonica models
- Other harmonica types
- Chromatic
- Tremolo
- Chord
- 150th anniversary and beyond
- Artist series harmonicas
- Larry Adler
- Toots Thielemans
- Stevie Wonder
- Steven Tyler
- Bob Dylan
- Guitars
- History of guitar production
- Notable guitar models
- Hohner London Kingsway (1960)
- HG-320 Limited Edition (1975)
- HG-490 (1977)
- B2 (1985)
- JT60 "Hollywood" (1991)
- Accordions
- Notable Hohner players
- References
- External links
Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of musical instruments, founded in 1857 by Matthias Hohner (1833–1902). It is a subsidiary of Matth. Hohner AG. The roots of the Hohner firm are in Trossingen, Baden-Württemberg. Hohner has manufactured a wide range of instruments, such as harmonicas, kazoos, accordions, recorder flutes, melodicas, banjos, electric, acoustic, resonator and classical guitars, basses, mandolins and ukuleles (under the brand name Lanikai). Hohner is known mostly for its harmonicas.
From the 1940s through 1990s, the company also manufactured various electric/electronic keyboards. Especially in the 1960s and 1990s, they manufactured a range of innovative and popular electromechanical keyboard instruments; the cembalet, pianet, basset, guitaret, and clavinet. In the 1980s, several Casio synthesizers (such as the Casio HT-3000/Hohner KS61midi and the VZ-1/HS-2) were sold under the Hohner brand.