Re: Re: [Harp-L] Seydel harps- not just the 1847s

[Chris Reynolds <c_reynolds2571@xxxxxxxxx>]

I bought several Blues Soloists at SPAH this year and I've been very happy with them. I thought they played well out of the box and incredible after I worked on them. I've got 5 in my set now (thanks to the girlfriend getting me my latest for xmas) and only need 2 more to round out my set. I've gotten to where I like the tone of them better than I do my marine bands and as far as working on them I've only done a couple at the moment, but I was very very happy with the end result. I also enjoyed getting to meet Rupert at SPAH when I bought them, since after all it was his DVD set that got me started working on harps. 

Chris
www.blowyourbrassoff.com


Re: [Harp-L] Seydel harps- not just the 1847s  
Posted by:      "Rupert Oysler" orupert@xxxxxxxxxxx  
Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:57 pm        (PST) 

Actually, I hear a lot of great reports about Seydel Blues Sessions. I 
just got off the phone with a Nashville recording artist who told me 
they are his favorite harp, most comfortable in his mouth etc. They were 
my first Seydel harps (from before 2006...) that began my love affair 
with the company, and they were Charlie Musselwhite' s harp-of-choice 
before Seydel came out with the 1847.

While Seydel has consciously and definitely improved quality control 
since 2005, and we aim for 100%, it is always possible that some harps 
slip through, or change slightly in shipping  etc. When this happens I 
welcome people contacting me and I willingly sort out the problem and if 
it is in fact a problem with the harp I get it functioning perfectly. 

I feel very awkward about someone waiting 9 months, and then posting to 
a public forum, when it could have been handled in person at Buckeye, or 
at SPAH, or in so many ways during those months.....

For the record, the harps you purchased were made in 2008, and you 
purchased them as a set at a special Buckeye price which came out to 
less than $25 per harp. The price of a standard tuned Session today is 
$29.95.

Rupert Oysler
www.seydelusa. com

venkyr@xxxxxxx wrote:
>   No one talks about those Blues Session models. I
>   don't own the 1847s but these Blues Sessions don't
>   really play out of the box. I bought a set of these
>   at the Buckeye Harmonica fest from Rupert last year.
>   The keys of D, LD and G were fairly (or barely)
>   responsive. My Bushmans and Special 20s do play well
>   out of the box though.
> 
>   I heard somewhere that in 2006 the Blues Session
>   harps that came out of Klingenthal, Germany, were
>   not up to snuff. But they did succeed in the selling
>   them to me.
> 
>   I still want Rupert to chime in because I am not
>   getting my money's worth. For $35.00 a piece I could
>   do better with a Golden Melody.
> 
>   Keep harpin'
> 
>   Venk