>>989399I got an armonica as well.
The story: My great grandpa immigrated to america from italy in the early 1900s when he was about 8 years old. his dad had bought him a swiss harmonica for the voyage. when he was 18 he was drafted to fight in europe in WWI, and he brought the harmonica back to europe with him for two years. survived the war, came home and got married and had his own family. his son (my grandpa) got drafted to fight in WWII - brought the now ~40yr old harmonica BACK to europe, invaded germany, survived, and returned to the US. he got married and had his two daughters, and then the harmonica hadn't been seen since the 50s or 60s. when my grandmother finally died in 2007 my mom found it again in a drawer - having not seen it for decades and thinking it was gone. now i have it. it's over 100 years old, my great great grandpa, great grandpa, and grandpa all played it and it survived both world wars.
it's a bit out of tune now so although i keep it with me when i move and such, i don't bring it /out/ or play it really. i have a cheep one to play but i suck.
