Re: [Harp-L] Best selling harmonicas

["Suave Blues Man" <res6k2zt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brother Matt and all the harp-l-er's,

    You might contact www.harphouse.com/ and speak to Scott or John at 
www.coast2coastmusic.com/ and ask them for the percentages. It would seem to 
be a given that the top sellers are a % of the top brands...I'm not trying 
to defer from the obvious, sorry.

    Top companies are: Hohner, Hering and Suzuki (My guess. If wrong, well, 
my bad!). Manufacturers are many, of course, including: Bends (releasing in 
January), Bushman, Hering, Hohner, Huang, Johnson, Kay, Oskar, Seydel, 
Suzuki.

    Hohner's line includes both popular diatonic and chromatic harps (sic), 
i.e.
diatonic - Marine Band, Golden Melody and the Special 20,
chromatic - Super chromatic 270, 64/280 and the Super 64.
    Many of the Hohner products have had transitions as the popularity and 
prominence of one musician or another has arrived.

    Hering was once a part of Hohner. Suzuki has several products at a 
parallel to the Hohner/Hering lines. Here we see the playability of, or ease 
of play. To a beginner the ability to play easily would seem most important, 
however, being able to play a clear single note and to develop other playing 
and breathing techniques, is a large part of the equation.
    The Bends Adagio and Legato, Bushman Soul's Voice, Hohner Special 20, 
Hering Blues, Oskar Major Diatonic, Suzuki BluesMaster and Seydel Session 
are all plastic combed products.

references:
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/myquill/ Select "What harp to get and then 
scroll down
http://www.bends.com.br/
http://www.bushmanharmonicas.com/ & http://www.harpdepot.com/
http://www.coast2coastmusic.com/ Look here, too, for Johnson, Huang, Souza
http://www.harphouse.com/shop/ Look here for Hering, Huang
http://www.heringusa.com/
http://www.hohnerusa.com/harmonicas.htm
http://www.frankhuang.com/index.html
http://www.kayguitar.com/products/khcb.htm
http://www.leeoskar.com/
http://www.seydel1847.de/
http://www.suzukimusic.com/harmonicas/

Be Blues,

Suave Blues Man

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Smart" <matthewsmart@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 11:35 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Best selling harmonicas


> Does anyone have statistics on the best selling harmonicas?
>
> I saw an article on here showing the top sellers, I thought it was special
> 20.
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