Subject: [Harp-L] Request to Seydel

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Sounds interesting. Has anyone ever checked with any of the major  
manufacturers about just how much it would cost to retool their reed-making  
machines? (and then - how much the harmonicas would have to go up in cost for  the 
companies to recoup the expense of doing so)?
 
I guess the question for me would be: would it end up a discussion about  
longer-lived reeds, or more posts berating the companies for the higher costs 
of  harmonicas?
 
Or would most think it worth the extra expense?
 
Elizabeth
 
PS: Disclaimer: I don't find reeds a major issue for me since I've had only 
 3 replaced out of more than a dozen of my regularly played  harmonicas 
since 2004.
 
"Message: 6
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:28:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: jarett  yuknalis <jarett_y@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Request to  Seydel
To: _harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx) 

Dear Seydel Harmonicas,You were the first on the block to manufacture  
harmonicas,take this opportunity to come to the forefront once again.Please  
retool and mill your reeds vertical for longer life.No need for stainless,no  
need to redesign the look,no need to make the reed interchangeble,just brake  
away from the practice of horizontal reed milling..You got a bad deal when 
the  communists put up the wall and now do the right thing and retool to 
mill your  reeds vertical.This is your chance to move back into the number one 
position  where you should be  .
Now lets say Seydel followed my advice,well before too long here comes 
Hohner  followed by Suzuki,followed by etc.Harp-l would have more interesting  
discussions than hearing about broken reeds,its getting old.I've been in this 
 game since 1959 when my Dad taught me my first song"My country tis of 
thee".Give  me a break(No pun intended). Peace  P.S.Retooling is a common 
practice in  the modern manufacturing world."