i really love hohner harps. I have tried LO and some cheap harps
but till now hohner harps are the best.
I those harps: 2 blues harp, 2 proharp , 2 MB ,1 SP20 . from those
1 proharp,1 MB , and 1 sp20, i had to open and try to fix them
because they didn;t played well. 3 out of 7 is not good at all.
I also have a picolo that i think is not well tuned. But i cannot
be very sure . it may be my lack of technique or something else
because i only play for about 2-3 years. my problem is that my
local store in Greece told me that there is no possibility of
replacing the harp. That's what the importer told him. And my
biggest problem is that when i sent an email to Hohner to ask their
opinion about my problem with picolo harp, i never had an answer.
Very strange and disappointing from a german company.
These are the reasons that i intend to try some other brands (i ll
try hering and suzuki first and perhaps bushman or seydell next).
Hohner didnt seemed very professional to me.
ps. Sorry about my bad english,
Leonidas
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Steve wrote:
I'm not sure if I understand what you're getting at here. Who exactly
alleges that modern GMs, Sp.20s & MBs are rubbish and unplayable? I
find the quality of these Hohner Classic models to be generally
pretty good at the present time. I wouldn't play them otherwise. Of
course out of the box harmonicas from all manufacturers may have fine
tuning problems, some examples of any given model will be better than
others and you might have the misfortune to get a lemon, but to imply
that the above harps are of generally poor quality is misleading at
best. My experience of playing them for nearly 40 years leads me to
believe that the overall quality of the current Hohner Classic reed
plates is the best it's been since the 1960s.
All Hohner harmonicas are sold under a warranty which covers
manufacturing defects, and if you purchase an instrument which is
genuinely defective then you certainly shouldn't hesitate to send it
back. It will certainly be replaced. However, what constitutes such a
defect is not always easily recognizable for the layman and I've seen
a lot of perfectly good harps sent back without due reason. We
usually replace them anyway.
I have yet to find a harmonica from any manufacturer (and I've tested
them all in the course of my work for Hohner) which I would want to
play out of the box. Factory settings need to be a compromise aimed
at satisfying the broad customer base. Personally I tune and offset
all my harps to my own preferences before playing them. I realize
this doesn't exonerate manufacturers from the obligation to deliver
the best possible quality from the factory, but I can only recommend
players to learn the basics of tuning and offsetting. It will empower
you to make the best out of your instruments so why not give it a try?
Steve
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