Fw: [Harp-L] burnishing +NEW PROTPTYPE AMRINE BAND!!!!!!!!!!!

["Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bob Maglinte
To: Nicolas Fouquet
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] burnishing +NEW PROTPTYPE AMRINE BAND!!!!!!!!!!!


Hi Froggy,
Thanks for the info. I just hope that Hohner doesn't use a cap screw setup 
that's used in the MS series, which cap screws are OK, but the material 
being used for them are just god awful and the threads are OK, but the slot 
that the screwdriver goes into gets mangled FAR too easily. I hope they also 
are planning to use 4 screws holding down the covers rather than 2, which 
will IMO, make them more stable and have fewer air leakage problems. As a 
traditional blues player, I MUCH prefer the original 7 limit just 
intonation, but if the tuning in the present comprised just is 99% more 
consistent than it has been, it would be easier to deal with, and that's an 
area where Hering's Vintage Harps have a huge edge of Hohner (but when 
Hohner was tuning the Marine Bands that way, they were just as consistent). 
Are the cover plates going to be a lot more opened up in the back, like they 
were prior to the late 70's, or better yet, prior to World War II? I guess 
my prediction was correct when I wrote up a review of the Hering Vintage 
Harps on the Coast To Coast Music site that the stakes got raised for the 
Marine Band.

Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
MP3's: http://music.mp3lizard.com/barbequebob/


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Nicolas Fouquet
To: Bob Maglinte
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] burnishing +NEW PROTPTYPE AMRINE BAND!!!!!!!!!!!


Actually, Steve told us that it was some product inside to seal the comb.
Hohner has also changed the material for the cover-plate to make them 
stronger. In fact, it looks like an kindda evoluated Hering Vintage 1923.

But the harmonica is not yet on the market as Hohner has not finished to 
define the product. What Steve did show to us was a kindda nearly finished 
prototype. There is still a trouble about the screws cover-plates as Hohner 
does not want their harmonicas looking like Filisko's.


Froggy