Re: [Harp-L] Custom harmonicas: filisko method...



Ben makes a good point.  Unless you're a pro then you don't need to
use Filisko harp.  Then again Joe doesn't make them for just anybody,
only those that he knows will truly appreciate the harp.  For me it
is ALWAYS worth the time and the wait for one of Joe's beauties.

I admit that I overlooked the fact that there is no need to have a
race car if you do not know how to drive one. As for my opinion on
other customizers, most of them make a fabulous product that would be
an asset to any harp player's case.  



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>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Custom harmonicas: filisko method...
>Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:18:38 +0200
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>>> >>Are these higher quality instruments worth the cost and the
>wait?
>>>
>>> Absolutely. Nothing more needs to be said
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>>I respectfully disagree with you, Chris.
>>
>>Not on the fact that Filisko harmonicas are superior instruments,
>there's no
>>question about it? But about the fact that the additional costs and
>waiting
>>time are ALWAYS worth your while.
>>
>>Think about it for a minute. We're lucky enough to have instruments
>that
>>cost not a lot, even though they have shorter shelf life and
>possiubly
>>require multiple models for one to be prepared. This may lead us to
>consider
>>that 20 times the shelf price is not actually a lot of money.
>>
>>However, although any professional violin player would love to own a
>>Stradivarius, it would be wasted on most of them. Only the best of
>the best
>>would know how to coax the richness of that particular instrument. I
>think
>>it's the same with Filisko's. Maybe Chris Michalek knows how to make
>the
>>most of a Filisko harp, but Joe Schmoe and Ben Felten probably
>don't. Having
>>a reworked and generally tweeked harp will certainly help us, and
>that's why
>>paying 3 to 5 times the price is worthwhile. But the additional gain
>from a
>>Filisko is, in my opinion, only worth it for professional musicians
>of the
>>highest caliber (and former presidents currently undergoing heart
>surgery).
>>
>>So, although I may daydream sometimes that I stumble upon Howard
>Levy's lost
>>harmonica case and inherit a set of Filiskoes, it would be wasted on
>me. I'd
>>much rather get 5 of Tim's T-Bones for the price of one Filisko harp
>!!!
>>
>>Ben
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Chris Michalek
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