[Harp-L] for hohner 270 deluxe owners, probably a small crew at most

[JON KIP <jonkip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If there are any dissatisfied owners of Hohner Deluxe 270's out there, and it's admittedly a small group who even forked up the money to buy one.... It's my favorite, but there have been some mysteries involved over the years.... I think that, between dick gardner and me, we've figured out what to blame for the majority of the issues. 

In a word "the comb".....

ok, in two words, but you get it... (At this point I'd think that nobody on harp-L has much interest in this, being mostly diatonic folk, but I'll go ahead, since about two (2) people in the past have expressed interest in that particular instrument, if I remembered who they were, i'd have just emailed them)

IF anyone has an interest in how to make these instruments into really good three octave chromatics, feel free to email me and I'll pass on what I've learned, with Dick's help recently.

the wooden comb. nature's time bomb.

mind you, this is NOT the explanation of why I TWICE killed perfectly good reeds by having them get caught on my shirt cuffs.... I finally solved that issue, after my wife suggested that I don't really have to wear a full tux to tweak my instruments.... who knew?

jk

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