Being 85 years old and not hearing high pitches well, I needed a harmonics with a lower pitch range. This harmonica answeres that need. I got my first harmonica at age 9 in 1948. It was a post-WWII Butterfly \"Made in Occupied Japan. It was the same length as this Hohner. It required a lot of air. I was playing my first song within an hour or two, \"She\'ll Be Comin\' Round the Mountain.\"