Re: Special 20 nailed reedplates?

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 29, 2004, at 6:41 PM, ludo beckers wrote:

>
> Today I opened up an old Special 20, and found the reedplates have huge
> nailheads instead of screws.
> It has been played a lot, and withstood the test of time better then an
> average harp.
> Does anyone know when these nailed Special 20's were discontinued?
> 1970's -80's?
>
> Ludo
>
  Must have been 83? When I started playing them (in 83), I was buying 
two every other month (for a year), I started with:
1....  Sept ....C & Dd  (new old stock with nailed plates)
2....  Nov .... D & F  (same)
3....  Jan 84 ...Bb & B  (Bb was nos but B was NEW item in 84 and had 
screws)
4....  Mar .... E & A  ( A was nos but E was an 84 and had screws)
5....  May .... Ab & Eb ( both had screws)
6....  Jul  .... F# & HI G (both had screws)
7....  Sept ....Lo G, extra C, extra F (both had screws)

smo-joe