Re: [Harp-L] Nails in Combs

[fjm <mktspot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

J Compton wrote:

> So harp manufacturers make more money by selling more harps...and harps apparently need to be 
> opened up fairly soon after buying them and fairly often thereafter, but doing so causes problems
> that can very easily make the harp unplayable requiring the purchase of a new harp.  Hmm.  I 
> think we may have unraveled this mystery.

Hohner if you send them a relatively new harmonica will repair or 
replace it free of charge.  If you send them a completely destroyed 
harmonica they will offer you a replacement at a greatly reduced price. 
 Hardly a moneymaking proposition.  I realise I'm still in the realm of 
making things up just like everyone else but my guess as to why Marine 
Band harmonicas are still nailed together is they always have been. 
There are several Marine Band reed profile plates that are fastened by 
screws.  The Special 20 and the newer Golden Melody to name 2.  The 
Marine Band Deluxe to name another.  It could be worse.  We could still 
be getting the Hohner product for the mid 1980's.  If only it was a 
problem with nails.  That would have been simple to solve.  You don't 
know how far we've come.  fjm