[Harp-L] weight of harps (was: Original Hohner Pro Harp)

[Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Potts wrote:

"As between the painted covers of the Suzuki Hammonds and the  
unpainted PLATED shiny covers of the Suzuki Promasters, American web  
sites show the same weight specs for each of these harps, which is  
not correct. Some European sites give a different weight spec for  
each which i believe is more accurate. Hammond= 85 grams Promaster=90  
grams. Since the only design difference besides color is the covers,  
it is reasonably apparent that the painted, unplated brass covers of  
the Hammond are 5 grams lighter than the unpainted chrome plated  
brass covers of the Promaster."


Since I don't have any Hammonds myself (nor many Promasters) I asked  
Pat Missin who I know has a few to weigh some for me.  Here are his  
figures:

PM machined comb - 89.2g
PM machined comb - 90.0g
PM cast comb 91.1g
PM valved, machined comb - 89.0g
PM valved, machined comb - 88.8g
Hammond - 88.6g
Hammond - 89.3g


It is worth noting that the ProMaster (and possibly the Hammond as  
well) has come in two variaties: one with a machined aluminum comb  
and one with a cast aluminum comb.  He only had one cast comb to  
weigh, unfortunately.  It would seem to me that the differences above  
are more along the lines of standard variance between any two  
examples rather than a large variance between different models.  Ie,  
each Promaster is as likely to vary in weight from another PM as it  
is from a Hammond.

Further, I asked him to weigh some covers.  He weighed one set of  
Hammond and one set of PM covers, these are the results:

PM upper cover - 10.6g
PM lower cover - 10.6g
Hammond upper cover - 10.7g
Hammond lower cover - 10.2g

While this is not a particularly large sampling, it seems likely that  
the same holds true for the covers as the overall harp weights--ie,  
any two Hammond covers will vary as much as they will vary with any  
two PM covers.




 ()()    JR "Bulldogge" Ross
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