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Marine Bands have been around for ever and are simply the classic Blues Harps. They bend easily, have responsive reeds and produce plenty of volume.
As the reeds are very responsive they are also great for quieter folk music - which I mainly play these days.
Marine Bands are not necessarily the easiest for beginners though. They are smaller than some other models which can make hitting single notes difficult when you are just starting out, and they do benefit from being broken in gently.
The older models had uncoated wooden combs which could swell quite badly and cut the unwary players lips, but Hohner are now coating the wood so this should not longer be a problem.