The wooden-combed Echo series of tremolo harmonicas are also nailed
together as are the wood-combed Auto Valve and the standard version of
the 270 chromatic. All the 364 and 365 model I've bought in the last
year or so - including one SBS - have been nailed together as well.
Two thing I have found in favor of nails are:
--When you want to have points of fastening close to the covers, nails
can get much closer to the cover edges than screws due to their smaller
and flatter heads.
--As nails do not penetrate through to the other side of the comb, they
can be placed in a pattern that is optimal for fastening each
individual reedplate. To do this with screws you have to embed several
individual thread receivers in the comb in both sides, or use a
material hard enough that it can be threaded - procedures far more
complex and expensive than using nails.
Winslow
--- Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've bought a few 'custom' Marine Band harps over
the past few years, that still have the nails holding
the reedplates on (instead of screws).
I was kind of disappointed to see this in a 'custom'
harp, but the customizer must think that the nails
are good enough, and/or if the reedplastes need to be
removed, then it should be sent back to the customizer
for service.
In any case, I find it disappointing that some
customizers still use nails or have reverted back to
using nails (from using screws).
Ken H in OH
--- Garry Hodgson <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Rich" <blues-harp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > But on Hohner's web site, the photo of
> > the "Classic" Marine Band clearly shows it nailed
> together, since only the
> > Marine Band *Deluxe*, according Hohner, is screwed
> together.
>
> i find it odd that in this day and age they still
> use nails for harps. i could see
> it, perhaps, for cheapos. but not for the "standard
> grade" $20-or-so harp that
> a serioous player will use. it's not the 1950's
> anymore.
>
> i'm curious whether it's an cost issue. special
> 20's use screws, and cost about
> the same as an MB. does a wood comb cost more, so
> that cost is offset by using
> cheaper fasteners? is it a marketing thing, to
> appeal to traditionalists? or maybe
> it has to do with keeping clear differences between
> the MB and the MB deluxe.
>
> ----
> Garry Hodgson, Senior Software Geek, AT&T CSO
>
> do for others with no desire of return.
> we should all plant some trees
> we will never sit under.
>
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