[Harp-L] Re: MANJI, HARRISON, CROSSOVER,ETC...

[Ray Beltran <raybeltran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You are CORRECT, sir!

I was blowing reeds out left, right and center until I discovered how  
to play from my diaphragm.

I'm anxious to find out if the Manji's come with replaceable  
reedsplates.

And yes, I'm ordering a few Hammonds soon, thanks to your  
recommendations, John.


Ray.
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On Aug 10, 2009, at 9:05 AM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Message: 14
> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:01:43 -0400
> From: "John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] MANJI, HARRISON, CROSSOVER,ETC...
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> i've been playing out of the box Suzuki Hammonds 2-3 nights most
> weeks for well over 2 years and i haven't had a reed go bad yet.  And
> if one does go bad, I can buy  replacement reed plates.  Nice, dark
> tone, even across the registers, high compression, very responsive,
> and well worth the extra $, IMHO. You get what you pay for.
>
> Btw, a player who is hard on harps is often a player who is not
> producing airflow from the diaphragm.   Before i learned to do that
> properly, i'd sometimes blow out a harp in a weekend if it was a key
> that I was using regularly. FWIW.
>
> JP