Re: Guitars vs Strings

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On May 24, 2004, at 8:54 PM, Paul Harker wrote:

> With the talk of custom harps, it seems that some folks think of a 
> harmonica like a guitarist would think of a set of strings -- a 
> consumable item.  On the other, some look at it more like the guitar, 
> an instrument to care for and maintain. Most, appear somewhere in 
> between.
>  
> On of the things about harp is that it is really a set of 12 (or 
> more). $10 harps cost $120+, a $25 harps cost $260, and custom harps 
> can be measured in thousands of dollars. Not chump change.
>  
> If you paid over a grand on a guitar, saxaphone, trumpet etc it's an 
> investment for a lifetime.  I'm curiouis if it would be reasonable to 
> expect a set of custom harps to do the same?  
>  
> In addition, I'm curious how others feel -- are harps a disposable 
> commodity, a long-term investment, or ??
>  
>
  Harps are like the elusive dream lover. Like the song says "The price 
of love's too dear" & "Take what they may give you, and give but what 
you can". Like us, they eventually die, and we must bear up under the 
grief and move on. Long Term investment?...analogious to moonbeams. 
Disposable?...yes, with love & respect.  smo-joe
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