[Harp-L] Re: was Seydel Endorsement, now Hohner quality

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve, I played Hohners for 25 years, from age five till my late 20s and for those 25 years, I wouldn't even consider buying a harp if it wasn't a Hohner, seriously, I didn't play a non-Hohner harp until I was in my 20s. But quality control issues I was getting as a rule, not an exception, from 1999 probably and the next few years until I stopped buying them altogether, made me lose a lot of trust. Maybe I wouldn't be so enternally bitter if I hadn't been such a faithful customer for all those years. I don't know what Trossingen was implying with the proeduct back when I boiught my last Hohners, but I inferred that they expected me to bend over and take it. 
   Maybe it's better now than ever, I don't know, I don't buy a lot of them anymore. Earning trust is not so hard. Regaining lost trust is. 
   
  Dave
   
   
   
  Steve Baker <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  Mike Wesoöowski wrote:

It's no secret that Hohner's quality for harps straight out of the 
box has diminished

Though I certainly can't claim to be impartial, having worked for the 
Hohner company in Germany as a consultant for many years, Mike your 
statement doesn't seem either fair or correct to me. Hohner has 
invested a lot of money in retooling in recent years and my direct 
comparisons with instruments made by other manufacturers lead me to 
believe that the Hohner Classic reed plates used in the Marine Band, 
Marine Band Deluxe and Special 20 which are currently being produced 
are of the highest quality Hohner has made since the 1950s. I 
certainly prefer them to anything else on the market. Reed life is up 
considerably too. When did you last try a new one?

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Steve Baker
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