Re: [Harp-L] Re: New Suzuki Diatonic Harmonica - OLIVE

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Grant Walters wrote:
<Sorry , I missed something here ...maybe:
<is the changing the covers discussed here to avoid the painful Manji plates?
<I've never tried a Manji so I am curious...( and don't care for the plates on the Hohner MS....against my mouth).
<This makes the Olive sound interesting since so many have liked the Manji harps ( if the plates are the same)

Manjis aren't painful to play, at least not in my experience.  The problem with Manji covers is that they're flimsy--I have bent some in my collection simply by squeezing the harp too hard. (Forget about carrying one in your pocket without a box around it.)  Bent covers can reduce the playability of the instrument, so it's a non-trivial issue.  That's why I replaced my Manji covers with Hammond covers, which solved the problem.
  
Kudos to Suzuki for recognizing the problem and fixing it at the factory.

Regards, Richard Hunter

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