Re: [Harp-L] Hohner whiners, maybe a reality check is in order?

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And when you come down to it, the harps cost me less than a tank of gas in  
my SUV.  
 
 
In a message dated 1/21/2010 7:58:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
joemopar@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

While  just now checking prices at Coast2coast, I don't see any diatonics  
comparable in quality to Hohner handmades, at the prices they can easily  
be 
acquired for. Even Seydel's el-cheapo wood comb harp is over 10% higher  
than 
a Marine Band. Personally I don't feel like the Solist is even  remotely 
close to being a better harmonica.

The only thing  cheaper-than but I guess maybe-for-some-guys-comparable-to 
a 
handmade  Hohner that I saw was a couple Suzuki models. You'll save less 
than 
a  whopping two bucks and you'll have to retune it if you want smooth 
chords.  
And besides that they don't play the same. BTW the Suzuki Harpmaster was  
around ten bucks cheaper than it is now, about the same time that the  
Hohner 
handmades were about ten bucks cheaper than they are now. I don't  recall 
anyone raising a fuss when that happened.

Lee Oskar, solid  harps but right now they're more than the current price 
for 
a Special 20.  Again, possible retuning issues for trad blues players if 
you 
decide to  switch to that brand, after the 8% price increase.

As far as blister  packs, yeah that's kinda weird. But on the other hand I 
bought my first  harp in some cute little packaging while waiting for a 
table 
at the  Cracker Barrel. Had it not been for that moment, I might still be a 
 
drummer. Of course if it had costed 40 bucks I would've gone for the  
mimicking parrot  instead.


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