Re: MS Series Harmonicas

[Barry Schaede <barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh I forgot something.  The MS Big River is the first Hohner product I 
haven't had to retune in a long time.  A few weeks ago I made the 
statement that Hohners were flay out of the box.  This led to a 
digression on the differences between just and equal temperment tunings.  
Well I meant flat out of the box not I like this tuning better.  The hand 
tuned Hohners always have at least 2 often four notes that are 30 to 40 
cents flat of an A 440hz standard.  The MS didn't have this problem.  It 
varied about 25 cents but so does the tuning I use when I re-tune.  
Nothing under a 440.  I checked a couple of my hand tuned Hohners that I 
haven't gotten ariund to retuning and they're all out.  The variance 
between octaves is often over 30 cents.  The chords are worse.  I had one 
that differed by 50 cents.  Brand new.  Now you know why I switched to 
Lee Oskars.  They're all tuned sharp.  I might note that most orchestral 
instruments are also tuned slightly sharp of a 440.  FJM