[Harp-L] Meisterklasse, MS, and number of screws

["Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

The cool thing about MS reedplates is that ALL reedplates regardless 
of model are drilled for 5 holes. For models other than Meisterklasse 
you can drill any needed holes in the comb, find 2 more MS screws 
(comes with replacement reedplate, or 0-80 screws will work), and you 
have a five-screw harp.

My MS Discrete Comb comes pre-drilled for five screws, as do Mark 
Lavoie's titanium and maple MS combs.

It's interesting that both Mark and I focused on the MS series for 
our comb upgrades due to the ease of servicing and modular 
construction, which offers a variety of different cover shapes.

Winslow

--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Fernando Bresslau 
<bresslau@...> wrote:

<snip>

The original MS series had only 3 
reedplate screws for every harmonica, except the Blues Harp (2). Then 
Hohner invested in tooling to introduce the 2 extra screws for the MK 
MS. 3 were too little, now it is better. By the way, for some years 
now 
all MS harmonicas are "hand made", that is, the machine which 
riveted, 
set the gap and tuned the plates has been put out of use. The quality 
has increased considerably.

All the best,
Fernando
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