Re: Larry Adler Professional 16 by Hohner

["Stephen Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

Well, I guess I haven't made the discovery of the century.  The harp has a 
plastic body and the row of holes visible through the mouthpiece zigzags up 
and down (thanks G).  The price sticker says £28.85 which makes it 
post-decimal UK currency (1969),  though that's cheap compared to today's 
prices.  What would that be, about $45-ish.  It plays brilliantly 
considering how much it's been used.

Steve



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>From: Douglas Tate <douglas.tate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: Douglas Tate <douglas.tate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Harp-L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Larry Adler Professional 16 by Hohner
>Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 09:53:03 +0000
>
>
>At 09:01 01/12/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>
>
>>   Does this harmonica carry the great man's name because he designed or 
>>helped to design it or did he simply endorse it because he liked it?
>>
>>Cheers!
>>
>>Steve Shaw.
>
>The Larry Adler Pro was, at one time, a better instrument than the 
>standard... the 270 version had long life reeds for a time and they were 
>long slot reeds.
>I don't know if the Long life reeds were put in the 16 hole version.
>However.. apart from a fairly short time I believe that the only difference 
>between the standard and the LA version was/is the box and the coverplates. 
>  Functionally they are identical.
>
>If this instrument is from the 50s or earlier then you have a potentially 
>nice instrument on your hands... not valuable but a nice sounding harp!
>
>Douglas t
>
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