mouth harp

noun

: harmonica sense 2

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The singer, instrumentalist, radio and TV personality played fiddle and guitar as his primary instruments, but also was known to play banjo, bass, mouth harp and accordion. —

William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 13 Jan. 2023 Investigators have found seventeenth-century pottery, horn buttons, sewing tools, and a brass mouth harp, as well as a burial ground for those who worked at Sylvester Manor against their will. —

Tom Junod, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022 The instruments appear to have been made by splintering the ribs of cows or horses, which distinguishes them from other ancient mouth harps found in the region. —

Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 23 Jan. 2018 The mouth harp that Borodovsky played is about 4.3 inches long and 3.3 inches wide. —

National Geographic, 11 Jan. 2018

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