Re: out of the box

["Chris Hammond" <dawgawntired@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gotta side with Otto on this one.  I have been playing for quite some time 
as well.  I have never played through a LO, but have heard good things about 
them.  I played MB's for probably 15 years before switching to Golden 
melodies for the last 10.  I have had a few harps go flat over the years, 
usually on one note.  Also have had a few "stickers" that I couldn't un 
stick by manipulating the reed.  Generally speaking, for me, harps will last 
for a few months before either going flat, sticking, or not sounding quite 
as crisp as a new harp.

I also use Big River harps as backups.  I have not had any problems with 
these, but I have admittedly not used them as heavily as the GM harps.

I play weekly at a jam, and have a weekly practice/gig with a band as well, 
so I would not say that my harps are underused.






>From: funharp@xxxxxx
>Reply-To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: out of the box
>Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 22:48:07 +0100
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>IronMan Mike Curtis schrieb:
>
> > A $15 Marine Band lasts me usually a night or two.  A $20 Lee Oskar 
>lasts me
> > around a month or two.  Charlie Musselwhite said that Oskars last him 10
> > times longer, so I'm not the only one.
>
>
>Hi Mike and all,
>
>I must confess that I am always confused, when I read such statements.
>
>And that's not because I doubt the durability of the LOs. (although my
>personal experience does not fit with yours: the only LO that I have
>played for a longer time (and regurlarly as my key of D harp) was ruined
>in a shorter amount of time than my Hohners, but that is not
>represantative, I'm sure).
>
>What is puzzling me: how can someone damage a harmonica in one night, or
>in two, even in a month? (just by playing, not by stamping on it).
>
>After nearly 20 years of playing I know that I didn't ruin more harps in
>total than I have fingers on my hands.
>
>And if it's true, that a good playing technique is good for the harp:
>I'm sure that my technique is still far away from being perfect, but I
>do not destroy one harp each week. (If this were the case I had to give
>up playing because of the immense sum of Euros I had to pay for new
>harps and/or reedplates.)
>
>Am I doing something wrong?  ;-)
>
>Otto
>
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