Re: harp preference

[John Frazer <jfrazer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Who on the list has had a Lee OsKar rust on them?? Please let's settle 
this point. I ride them hard and put them away wet, and NO RUST. I wear a 
vest with 12 harmonicas in it and used to be a little embarrassed about 
the ugly rusty things. LO's have not rusted on me yet and I have had some 
of them in my collection for the last 3 incarnations of the vest. 

I repeat. If anyone has seen a Lee Oskar coverplate (or Major Boy) rust. 
I would like to know.

Rick Epping says Hohner is aware of the problem and is looking into an 
improved alloy for their coverplates. 
I have not yet learned the notorious overblow technique yet. However, I 
love making that irritating squeal to make my dog whine. It seems to be 
of too high a frequency to pick up well on my mic/amp setup.

HARMONICA JOHN	San Diego  PO Box 740613 SD CA 92174 (619)263-6826

God, family, music, fishing, work.	 Can blue men play the whites?


On Thu, 1 Jun 1995, Christian N Michalek wrote:

> 
> > 	I have played them all and settled on Lee Oscars(Tombo) because 
> > all other things being relatively equal with special 20's and Golden 
> > Melody's(my former favorite) LO's do not rust. I hate the taste of rust.
> > Marine Band combs have a tendency to swell up and used to tear my 
> > lips up. I still haven't found a harmonica that will allow me to 
> 
> All harmonicas rust if not properly taken care of.  I like the Oskars, 
> but they have one serious disadvantage over the hohners...the thinner 
> reeds in the Oskars(BTW it is spelled oskar not oscar) do not hold up 
> well under the pressure of overblows.  On Oskars and huangs, there is a 
> high picthed whine that is very annoying.  The harmonica can be tweaked 
> to get most of that squeal out but I have never been able to get it all out.
> 
> CNM
>