[Harp-L] Spiers Custom Suzuki Manjis

["Joe Spiers" <joemopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I will soon be offering the Suzuki Manji as an alternative to Hohner 
handmades for various grades of optimization- from simply tuning/gapping, to 
blues setup, to fully chromatic capability.

I will still be working with the Hohners, while the Manji is an additional 
model to the arsenal. Some will naturally still prefer Hohners, while others 
will like the Suzuki better- when customized they are both good, but with a 
different "flavor". Its good to have a choice and this is a very worthy one 
that will become popular. For repairs, I have been supplied with custom-made 
tools from Suzuki to accurately index the holes for replacing the welded 
reeds using screws. Although one might successfully accomplish it once 
without the special jigs, having accurately indexed holes facilitates 
better, quicker, and easier repairs down the road.

My schedule is full and I'm not currently accepting orders, but hope to 
initially have some completed harps available early next year. I've built 
myself a set of the available keys (which I like very much!), but I need to 
do a larger number of them to get a solid feel for average build time and 
establish pricing for the ascending modification levels.


Joe Spiers
www.spiersharmonicas.com