Re: [Harp-L] Chromatic Repair

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

The modern 280 is a completely different beast from the 1955 one:
 
-- Plastic comb, screwed together with reedplates vs. wood comb nailed
 
-- Cross tuned vs. straight tuned
 
-- Different slide
 
-- Different mouthpiece with screw holes in a different place
 
-- 2-piece slide assembly (back ing plate and slide) vs. 3-piece slide assembly (backplate, slide, cage aka U-channel)
 
And the recent (2005 and later) reeds are different as well.
 
Again, no manufacturer is going to stock parts for something they stopped making over 60 years ago. That's where custom repair guys (like you) fill the void.
 
During the 1960s if you sent a wood-combed 280 to Hohner for repair, they would just throw it away and send you a new plastic-combed 280.
 
Winslow
 
Winslow Yerxa
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From: David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Harp L Harp L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 2:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Chromatic Repair

It is so close to a 280, there is no legitimate reason they can't repair it.

Winslow wrote: 
"Just for some perspective, the Chromonika III dates from 1955 and earlier - before there was such a thing as an Edsel. And no car manufacturer maintains a parts inventory for
 60-year old cars."


Yes, but, there aren't any auto companies who are making cars 60 years later without changing a single part except the frame. 
 

David Payne
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