"Easily removable, fast action, low noise slide. Maximum airtightness thanks to the revolutionary one-piece casing and the design of the mouthpiece. This unique instrument is popular with beginners and advanced players alike.

The CX-12 black is the standard version of the CX-12 harmonica and comes in a sleeky black case with reedplates of standard thickness. It features all the amazing characteristics of the CX system at a great value"  (Hohner product description)

This finely designed and manufactured harmonica is in the key of C. Other keys are available on request (e.g. we will soon be offering CX-12s in E). Dane Clarke personally tests and performs any necessary adjustments and fine tuning on every MandoHarp harmonica sold. We will have further postings of quality Harmonicas and Mandolins just as soon as we can get the listings constructed.

FREE - Warranty

All MandoHarp instruments bought at a Buy it Now price now include a FREE, 6-month, return-to-base warranty against defects in parts and workmanship included in the Buy it Now price. Extended warranties and warranties for Auction purchases are also available for an addtional fee.

Our MandoHarp eBay Returns Policy has now been doubled in length from 7 to 14 days. Please see our eBay Returns Policy listing at the bottom of all our item descriptions.

Report for this particular instrument

Purchased new from an American reseller. Received in perfect order and condition - no scratches or discolouration, no scuffing on case. Slide movement smooth, free and responsive. All reeds within 5c of specs. All reeds aligned correctly with even gap. Reed offsets show evenly distributed gradient so no adjustment necessary. Excellent sealing - no air leaks detected. No additional work required. Tested okay to offer for sale. And what a joy it is to test a CX-12 again. These really are amazing harmonicas! If you're a chromatic player and you've never played a CX-12 there's a wonderful experience in store for you when you try Hohner's revolutionary-design in the professional, black chromatic CX-12.

About the Tester

Dane is a professional systems engineer, academic and musician who has played harmonica for over forty years. He currently plays harmonica and mandolin with a celtic/folk/blues band, Headland and a celtic/gypsy band, The Gypsy Tarts. Dane has researched and practiced harmonica maintenance and tuning in earnest for the last five years (since retiring from full-time professional work), and during this time has often been privileged to meet and learn from some of Australia's premier harmonica artists and technicians. On the qualifications side of things, Dane has undergraduate degrees in Engineering and Business, and post-graduate qualifications in Information Technology and Education. He works as a part-time academic these days and though he loves teaching computer engineering he enjoys himself much more when working on instruments and playing music!

Chromatic Harmonicas

"The Chromatic harmonica is a type of harmonica that uses a button-activated sliding bar to redirect air from the hole in the mouthpiece to the selected reed-plate desired. This harp is used for Celtic, Classical, and Jazz, as well as many other styles. Traditionally these are made so that when the button is not pressed, an altered diatonic major scale of the key of the harmonica is available and depressing the button accesses the same scale a semi-tone higher in each hole, thus giving an instrument capable of playing the 12 notes of the Western chromatic scale. Two famously accomplished chromatic harmonica players were the classical player Larry Adler and the jazz player Jean "Toots" Thielmans. from the  Wikipedia entry for Chromatic harmonicas , a good basic description of chromatic harmonicas

Basic Information

Tuning Chart

Construction Materials

At MandoHarp we play the instruments we sell! Each of our musician and craft associates has over thirty years experience within their area of expertise. MandoHarp supplies and repairs reed and string instruments for local music shops and individual musicians - we sell to our friends. At MandoHarp our pimary areas of expertise are Mandolins and Harmonicas, hence our name. We also have contracted associates who work with a wide range of instruments, especially folk. This is our first foray onto the internet and we look forward to meeting many new musical friends here. At MandoHarp we appreciate fine instruments and we want you to have them!

About MandoHarp Instruments

All MandoHarp instruments are tracked from the moment of their original creation or purchase. Each instrument is assessed by an expert musician when received and again before offering it for sale. A brief report is written and stored in our database for each item, noting paticularly our expert assessment on receipt, any work performed on the instrument and its final condition.

Personal Service

At MandoHarp we like to get to know our customers - we're musicians and we like to get to know other musicians. We love to talk with musicians whenever possible [probably a bit too much! :)]. And especially musicians who are interested in our instruments. Please feel more than welcome to email (info@mandoharp.com) or phone us (61- 2-66554545) to discuss your music at any time.

Inspections, trials and pickup by prior arrangement are welcome at our workshops in Repton, near Coffs Harbour on the NSW North Coast.