MS Series Harmonicas

[Barry Schaede <barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I bought a Big River when they first came out about 2 years ago. I've 
always felt that for the price they were a tremendous bargain.  $10.95 
from Kevin's.  Now granted I only have one MS series harmonica.  Maybe 
it's a peach and the majority are all dogs, but I don't think so.  Sure I 
had to adjust the offset when it was new but I have to do that with 99%
of all the harmonicas I buy these days.  Hand made instruments are 
inherently expensive in these days of high labour costs.  No beginner's 
going to shell out $30.00 to play a new instrument.  You can bet that 
people buying their first harmonicas are going to end up either paying 
full boat retail or getting cheap junk harmonicas.  The Huangs are a 
viable alternative but so is the MS line.   A harmonica player I know 
who currently lives in Bisbee AZ, Scott Muehlman,  plays all MS 
harmonicas and loves em.  Now this guy is a player.  He used to play 
professionally and still could if he wasn't going to school.  The reason 
for all this fuss about the MS line?  After I posted the bit about the 
pozidrv screws yesterday I got out my Big River and started playing it.  
I've been playing it for the last 2 days.  I love it.  I had been playing 
a Filisko square hole in the same key.  They're different but the MS 
holds its own.  FJM