[Harp-L] Re: Fwd: B radical



To be clear, I was not and am not criticizing the quality or speed of HH in producing the B-Radical. I have not ordered one myself and have no stake in the company's success, although I wish them the best.

My question was purely factual -- in what we are these harps mass-produced, if they are taking as long to deliver as the top customized harps? Dileep has answered my question: the B-Radical is mass-produced like virtually all other harmonicas, but is then individually hand-tuned and customized. Thus, it should be no surprise that the wait times are similar to ordering a custom harp, which is created by a similar process except that manufacturing and customization are done separately. Harrison's materials and techniques may be far superior to those used by traditional factories, but the process will always be throttled if you have humans working on individual harps.

Jonathan Metts
Prairie Dog PR
Ph: 205.435.0991
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On 9/7/2010 6:36 AM, Dileep Naik wrote:


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Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:41 PM
Subject: B radical
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Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>, bradley harrison
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Dear Harmonica players,


I read your comment on the B-Radical being Mass produced by Brad Harrisson.
I personally feel that Brad has taken a very difficult &
hard decision to produce High quality harps in US.
So far these were produced in the German & Swiss towns by skilled
craftsman who were transferring the technology to the next generation.
Producing the harps by CNC machines and assembling on conveyors can be
termed as Mass produced but there is no way to tune & inspect them
except by checking them individually by experts with very very sensitive
ears and electronic equipments. Brad Harrisson is doing his best to
produce a Blues harp which will be ready to blow without any tempering
to be done.

I had ordered one, over a year back and my harp has just left the plant.
Its not in my hands yet , but I am expecting to play it in next few days
until then I would restrict my comment on the harp but Knowing Brad over
last three years and using his Honer Modified harps I am quite sure the
Product will be appreciated by the Harmonica playing crowd.

We need to encourage the efforts of Brad rather than criticizing the
delay and price tag.

Good luck to Brad I wish him success for the venture.

Dileep Naik
Harmonica Player and music maniac.


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