[Harp-L] Re: GM harps

[Steve Baker <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Venky wrote:

<Anyone know where to buy the Golden Melody harmonicas not made in  
China?>

Some Hohner Classic diatonic models including the GM are assembled  
and tuned in China. However, the reeds and reed plates, which are the  
heart of any harmonica, are all made in Germany on the same machine  
tools used in the manufacture of the MBDL and Crossover and to the  
same specifications. The basic quality of the components is identical  
and the only possible differences would lie in the riveting and  
offsetting of the reeds, and the tuning accuracy. I've not always  
been able to detect a consistent quality difference between  
instruments assembled in China and those asembled in Trossingen,  
though of course the latter are high end models and get more care.

Steve Baker
www.stevebaker.de
www.bluesculture.com