Re: Huang question

["Stephen Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

>From: "Vince Cheney" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>On this topic I ask the question.....
>Has anyone ever had a Huang harp that lasts long enought to be compaired to
>the Hohners or Herings? I've seen the Frontier, Silvertone Deluxe and the
>Star Performer, but have always passed them by. Any hope in them as a harp
>for pro use?

>Vince Cheney


I've had one Silvertone and one Star Performer.  They have a nice tone and 
in terms of longevity they are probably comparable to Sp20s as opposed to 
LOs.  There is no such thing as a free lunch though, and their relative 
cheapness is offset by the fact that you may have to do quite a bit of work 
- - gapping and tuning - to get them up and running.

One thing that concerned me slightly about the Star Performer is that after 
a while the thin layer of plating started to come away from the cover plate 
- - in the lip-contact region - in slivers.  Might just have been my 
particular specimen, but I thought it worth mentioning.

Steve Shaw.


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