What is it???
Well shoot I was going to post a picture but..... Anyway...
MB 1896 Mid years Hicksville
Where the key is usually stamped/ etched it has CIS. I'm not sure if it's and "I" or a "1". What can you tell us about this top secret harp.
I haven't played it yet to be able to tell you about that.
thanks.......Mike
I thought about C Ionian scale, but I'm not sure why they would put that on it.
I posted the photo of the mystery Hicksville harmonica with the Cis stamped on it to Rick Epping and here is what he had to say about it:
Thanks for your message. "-is" is a german suffix meaning "sharp", so Cis means C#. "es" is a suffix meaning "flat", so Des = Db. Fis=F#, Es = Eb, As = Ab, Ges = Gb, Ais = A#, and of course, B = Bb and H = B. "Dur" = Major, "Moll" = minor, so Cis-Dur = C# Major, etc.
Thanks Richard
What threw me was everything about the box and harp were in English.
.....Mike
Awesome! Thank you to the Detective Agency of Rick & Rick
Your Harpsmith, Kinya
Hmm. Let me look into this Mike.
Your Harpsmith, Kinya