Re: [Harp-L] Hohner quality

[Philharpn@xxxxxxx]

I'm wondering whether the Hohner quality was constant -- and your quality 
improved.

Perhaps when you first started you wouldn't have noticed a bad harp if it bit 
you on the butt. But later, after playing a few years, as you began to 
improve you skills -- you were able to differentiate between what was pilot error 
and what was harp error.

My personal experience was just the opposite. When I first started playing, 
most of the harps had faulty 2 draws and the 3 draw was downright defective. 
And some woundn't bend at all. Now, after playing off and on for 30 years, I 
notice that even the cheap harps bend easier than the pricey ones did when I 
first started out.

Phil Lloyd
keep on harpin



In a message dated 7/5/08 9:27:25 AM, dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> 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 eternally bitter if I hadn't been 
> such a faithful customer for all those years. I don't know what Trossingen was 
> implying with the product back when I bought 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?
> 
> For a listing of recent improvement see index.php?1335>
> 
> Steve Baker
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