Re: [Harp-L] Hohner Chromonika III

[steve warner <10reedsbent@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great score, Ken!
I have one too.     First time I blew mine  I sucked in a dried up old
moth.  A friend who doesn't play harp had this thing and just came over one
day and said, "I'm cleaning up the garage and I have something for ya."

***Now look closely on the bottom side and see if it has the Jewish 6 point
star between the hands right in the center.
I've attached a picture.
This star was removed when those Nazi SOB's were in the process of wiping
out, well, you know the disgusting story.  I  can't remember exactly, but
pushing 1940 is when this happened.


On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Ken Banks <edits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Aloha Everybody,
>
> I just got back from a Craigslist rendezvous at which I bought a 16-hole
> Hohner Chromonika III. It's in great shape; all the reeds seem to work, and
> the slide moves as it should. Really, it hardly looks used. Even the case us
> in good shape, though worn, and the woman who sold it said that it's about
> 70 years old. Her father played it, she said. It cost me $40, and I don't
> know what kind of deal that was. Seems like a good price to me, and I'm
> psyched to get on it. I've never played chromatic, and I'm looking forward
> to the challenge. My thing is blues, and I don't know how well-suited this
> harp is for blues.
>
> Now, my question is how to refurbish it. As I said, it looks great, hardly
> a scratch on it, but when I blow it, it has that dusty, grody feel of a harp
> that hasn't been played for a while and should probably be cleaned inside.
> I've never opened up a harp, and I sure don't want to screw up this thing.
> What do people suggest?
>
> Best wishes,
> Ken
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