Re: [Harp-L] Charlie McCoy's brand

[Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> before the purchase he plays every harp  in the store.

The only time I was able to do that was when I worked in a record store 
(when they still had records) and they carried harps as a sideline.

Back then Hohner was pretty much a monopoly as far as I knew, and they 
acted like one by making mostly lousy Marine Bands and Blues Harps.  I was 
a kid, didn't have any dough, knew even less about setting them up than I 
do now, so when I bought a harp there was that moment of suspense as I left 
the store (usually Manny's on 48th St.) as to whether I was going to be 
saddled with another crummy harp or if I'd lucked out.

I accumulated a very nice collection of really playable harps when I worked 
at that record store, and one that was so great that I still recall the 
pleasure of playing it nearly 40 years later.

I apologize to the people who bought my rejects.

K