The mouth organ, or harmonica, has been a great comfort to U.S. soldiers in past wars. But priorities in metal have already put a serious crimp in the U.S. harmonica business. This war's comfort is more likely to come from two easily portable and nonmetallic instruments : the "sweet potato," or ocarina, and the tonette.
By last week Captain Lorraine E. Watters, music director of the First Service Command, had set up a class in ocarina and tonette playing at Camp Edwards, Mass. It was the latest of scores of similar groups...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In