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Accordion

Hohner Erica

Name: Hohner Erica
Brand: Hohner

Hohner · Erica

Price: 10 EUR – 7.895 EUR

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A compact two-row diatonic button accordion with just 21 treble and 8 bass buttons, small and light enough for genuinely portable folk-session playing rather than full-band bluegrass or Tex-Mex volume.

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About the Hohner Erica

Where Hohner's three-row Panther and Corona diatonics are built for louder, more harmonically complex playing, the Erica strips down to two rows of 21 treble buttons and just 8 bass/chord buttons - a simpler, more limited harmonic palette suited to melody-focused folk styles rather than dense chord accompaniment. Two sets of treble reeds and a single tone color keep the electronics simple; there are no register switches to operate mid-tune.

At roughly 11 x 6 inches and 6.6 lbs, it's genuinely pocket-portable compared to any piano accordion or three-row diatonic, with a solid wooden housing under a celluloid finish. Available in G/C or A/D key combinations, it's aimed squarely at sea shanty, English country dance, cumbia and American old-time folk musicians who need an easy-to-carry instrument for informal sessions rather than a stage-volume performance accordion.

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Sound character of the Hohner Erica

With only 21 treble and 8 bass buttons across two reed sets, its small reed block and low air volume give a thin, light tone suited to solo folk-session melody lines rather than the loud, full-band projection of a three-row Tex-Mex diatonic - portability and playability come at the cost of tonal weight.

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Technical data for the Hohner Erica

Type	Diatonic button accordion (2-row)
Treble buttons	21
Bass buttons	8
Reeds	2 sets
Weight	6.6 lbs
Keys available	G/C, A/D

Price history for the Hohner Erica

Cheapest seen: 10 EUR · Most expensive seen: 7.895 EUR

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The history of the Hohner Erica

The Erica has long served as many folk musicians' first diatonic button accordion specifically because of its small size and simplified two-row layout, letting players learn diatonic technique before considering a larger three-row instrument.

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