Hohner

History
The firm of Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG was founded by Mathias Hohner in Trossingen, Germany in 1857, as a manufacturer of harmonicas. They have long been a leader in production of Accordions and other free-reed instruments, including Concertina and Melodica, which is a mouth-blown keyboard instrument.

Instruments
Popular accordions by Hohner include the Ariette, the Corona, the Club, and Erica. Hohner has been a major innovator in the field of free-reed instrument development.

Promotion of music
They formed one of the first accordion orchestras, which toured Germany playing classical music in the 1920's. Hohner's music school was founded in 1931 and despite suppression from the Nazi Regime went on to become a national academy in 1948.

Links
Hohner official site.