Patent ID: 8653346

Claim:
A harmonica comprising: a blow reed plate comprising a plurality of blow reed cells therein, wherein each blow reed cell is arranged on the blow reed plate and comprises a blow reed and a blow reed slot; a draw reed plate comprising a plurality of draw reed cells therein, wherein each draw reed cell is arranged on the draw reed plate and comprises a draw reed and a draw reed slot; a comb having a plurality of air channels therein, said comb positioned between the blow reed plate and the draw reed plate, wherein each of the plurality of air channels comprises a first side adjacent to one of the plurality of blow reed cells and a second side adjacent to one of the plurality of draw reed cells; and a housing comprising a top cover plate and a bottom cover plate, wherein the blow reed plate, the draw reed plate and the comb are disposed within the housing; wherein each blow reed cell and each draw reed cell corresponds to one of a plurality of musical tones, wherein the plurality of air channels are grouped into a first group of air channels and a second group of air channels, wherein blowing air through a first subset of the first group of air channels produces the musical tones of a first musical chord and drawing air from the first subset of the first group of air channels produces the musical tones of a second musical chord, and wherein blowing air through a first subset of the second group of air channels produces the musical tones of a third musical chord and drawing air from the first subset of the second group of air channels produces the musical tones of a fourth musical chord.