Re: [Harp-L] Hohner Price / Tolerances

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

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