[Harp-L] Re: Hohner Price Increase

[Frank Evers <frank@xxxxxxxxx>]

Am Sonntag, 24. Januar 2010 schrieb John F. Potts:
> They shouldn't.  In fact, they should raise their prices like they
> are doing. They should continue to exploit their market. 

Well, you obviously didn't read what i wrote about obvious reasons for 
that price increase...
It's not about exploiting the market, it's about earning some money at 
all.

> Innovation does not
>  appear to be part of the Hohner business philosophy.

Hohner's products have become dramatically better over the last 10 
years. They innovated exactly what you (and me and many others) asked 
for - a Marine Band without nails and with a better comb - and they 
innovated even a whole new  category of harmonica, the XB-40.
Now, you might have missed that.

>  But  there is not a stock Hohner made that has compression
>  as good as a Suzuki Hammond or Firebreath.  Not even close. 

I had a whole set of Suzuki's Firebreath. I kinda liked it, but 
finally sold it again right because of that compression. It's the main 
and major flaw of Suzuki harmonicas. The Manji does not have that 
compression, so i'm fine with Suzuki again, but still i prefer Marine 
Band over the Manji. 

>  Now, i haven't
>  tried a Crossover, but, as i understand it, part of what gives the
>  Suzukis superior compression is closer red/plate tolerances, 

You should measure. Suzukis don't have closer tolerances. It's what i 
thought too, but i checked it. Yet it proved wrong. ;)

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Gruß,Frank