Re: [Harp-L] Coverplates

["ben bouman" <fitgo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Our new covers are designed by the Seydel staff... we wanted to make our own 
ones and I think we've succeeded in that.

www.beta-harps.com
Ben Bouman
www.seydel1847.de
www.marbletones.com
www.marble-amps.com
www.harmonicainstituut.nl
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Greenwald" <staggerin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Coverplates


> Hi Tony
>
> My perception is that the Seydel 1847 coverplates are not the same as the 
> Hohner 150th Anniversary Standard Edition's. The Anniversary seems to be a 
> re-emblamed Big River. If you have a Big River in your arsenal, compare it 
> with your 1847s and you'll notice the 1847's 'higher' and shorter-radius 
> 'ramp', absence of side 'vents', different back design, and longer 
> dimensions to accomodate the wider hole spacing.
> Does one company make covers for the other? I don't know.
> The Big Rivers have been around for a number years and have very nice 
> coverplates, indeed. Perhaps Seydel chose to encorporate some of the the 
> BR's better qualities, while improving on the rest.
>
> Cheers,
> Staggerin' Jim
> Listen to Roots Harmonica at http://www.live365.com/stations/staggerinjim