Re: [Harp-L] Hohner Price / Tolerances




A square foot of brass sheet in the thickness needed for reed plates (36), Is less than $24.oo. So, a set of reed plates has an initial cost of $1.33.
Even if you alloy the brass for the reeds, a pound of it will go a long long way. A small piece of wood is worth virtually pennies, and cover plates of nickel plated sheet steel, aren't even worth mentioning. There's more of this metal in a tin can..HA, never thought of THAT one, did ya? lolol


Soooo, where does all the money go? Pricing a diatonic over $28.99 ($96.99 for chromo), is out of line. And at these prices, they should work.

Having to tell someone in quality control that there is a problem with quality control, indicates, (to me at least), that someone is drawing a pay (and consequently adding to the overall cost), who shouldn't be there, because they apparently aren't concious.

Points about tolerances are well taken. Now the machines were paid for a long time ago but the DIES need occasional replacement. How often this occurs is one of MY concerns, but it goes without saying that no one can make a harp from scratch. Well, maybe, but it would take too much time to justify. Even people outside of actual manufacturing facilities that say they build harps...don't. Like hot rodding a model T roadster, they START with an existing model T.

smo-joe



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