Re: [Harp-L] Re: Current Hohner reeds

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

They don't fit my humble setup, either. If there have been improvements in recents MONTHS, it's possible I've been getting the older ones. Mine come via distributor, who knows how long they've been sitting in a warehouse. Perhaps Hohner has solved, in the last months, the problems I've seen on the reed slots themselves, from the cutting, even the former $19 Seydel Solist (the discontinued one) has truer slots than what I've seen lately on the Marine Band. The reedplate edges on the ones I've seen have been too sharp for my taste. I noticed a very quick deterioration in reedplate quality a while back. Seemed like it happened all at once. 
I'm sure Joe has a much more direct line to Hohner than I and he's getting newer stuff. The reeds are apparently still the same, though. They play OK out of the box. I hope they have made improvements with those reedplates. I'm a Seydel guy, but like I said, I played Marine Bands for 25 years, so I'm always rooting for it to be as good as it should be. 

Dave
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Dave Payne Sr. 
Elk River Harmonicas
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----- Original Message ----
From: Joe Spiers <joemopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 11:07:10 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Current Hohner reeds

Jeff,
For what it's worth, I see a lot better quality control from Hohner in 
recent months. They're good harps, and they've come such a long way 
from where they were. I just don't like the lower tension of the brass 
they're using now, for my particular setup. They need to be a little 
stiffer to handle it.
Joe 

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