[Harp-L] Re: Kudos

[Christelle Berthon <christellester@xxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Baker wrote "  And I thought they never broke :-)"

Steve,

You know that I love your play but:

We ALL know that the perfection is not in this world. What's is the  
inconvenience of 1 reed that's breaking in comparison of thousands of  
Marine Band that're simply unplayable right out of the box..... As an  
Hohner endorser I understand that you're defending your brand, and I  
know for sure that Hohner is providing the best harps  for their top  
endorsers (Jean Jacques Milteau said), but please consider that it has  
been a good while now that Hohner is producing probably the worse  
quality harmonica right out of the box ever made.....

I've been a HUGE an of the Marine Band made in the 90's and I still  
play a MeisterKlasse (1st version) from time to time. Without Hohner  
we ALL know that harmonica wouldn't be the worldwide known instrument  
that it is now. But let's face it, buy a  Seydel (my turn) or a Suzuki  
in a regular shop and you'll understand that Hohner is not taking  
their customers seriously.

I'm adding this : I'm not a blind Seydel endorsee, I'm not racist, but  
having all these students over the world having issues of leaking  
harmonicas, not tuned reeds and, cheap workmanship is saying all. The  
day Hohner will be back to the high quality harmonica, I'll reconsider  
to play them.

Christelle Berthon



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