Pre-War Hohner Preciosa Harmonica New Old Stock! Never Played Key of C - NOS

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Pre War Hohner Preciosa - New Old Stock - Never Played- Key of C - A bonafide Time Capsule Discovery!
As pictured. A couple small spots of rust from 80+ years in storage is all that keeps from looking like it just came off the production line. I play tested only to confirm no reeds have gone wonky and nothing more than that.
I see little on the Internet about this model harmonica (there's more on an accordion with the same name), leading me to believe this has been discontinued for a while now.
I'm not a harmonica player per se, but it seems to resemble the Echo harmonica using double reeds that are slightly de-tuned producing a chorus/vibrato/tremolo type of effect.
Found in a Local New Jersey estate original store stock stored for decades after it closed.
The family had a music store in Newark New Jersey from the early 1900"s when the store closed in the 1960s the
remaining stock was stored and virtually forgotten until recently.
Some web info regarding the brass reeds used in pre-World War 2 Hohner harmonicas:
"The brass that was used in pre-WWII Hohners, known as bell metal brass,
has been out of production since just prior to WWII. It was a softer,
but stronger brass made by a few small brass factories, all of which
have shut down since that time. There are as many as 500 different
grades of brass, and better than half of them have been out of
production since prior to WWII and no harmonica factory uses the kind of
amounts needed for the companies that are left to make it worth their
while to continue making it, and it's too bad that every harp
manufacturer didn't have the foresight to own their own brass factories,
much like what the Zildjian cymbal company (now has)."
Selling as-is, as described and pictured, since any playing impacts the value.
See pics for details - They are part of the description
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