Re: [Harp-L] Hohner MS harps

["Edu Calle" <freakedu@xxxxxxxxx>]

The last Sunday I saw a Charlie Musselwhite gig, and he used Big river cover
plates (for sure), and I think the combs were maple combs from Mark LaVoie.
The reedplates were fastened whit the screw that comes whit the MS
harmonicas.

I bought the CD that he was selling and signing (that impressed me) and, if
I remember well, in the back of that CD can be read that "Charlie
Musselwhite uses Lee Oskar y LaVoie harmonicas". In the gig all the
harmonicas that he used where Big Rivers (I was in the first file) and a
chromatic (I don't know what one was that). If you have interest, this
afternoon I will read it again and will tell you tomorrow what the CD
exactly says.

Greetings from Spain
Edu


Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:14:56 -0800
From: "Jim Greenwald" <staggerin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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The one's I had were very leaky, but new maple combs from Mark LaVoie
http://www.middlebury.net/lavoie/index.html and mucho re-gapping, etc.
helped hugely.
Staggerin' Jim

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From: "Rick & Dana Siekmann" <dsiekmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Harp-L] Hohner MS harps


Just curious, does anyone use these professionally (or semi-professionally)
as their main gigging harps?  I've got a couple of Pro Harps and one Big
River, the rest of my (small) ensemble consists of Special 20s and Marine
Bands.  The reason I ask is that I find the MS harps to be stiffer and less
responsive than the others, and I was wondering if it was just me or if
that's something inherent in the MS reed plates.