Re: [Harp-L] History of harp tuning - A "minor" correction

[Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx>]

Right, Robert. I should have said that my assumption is that the 2% number
was a Lee Oskar number rather than a Seydel number.


On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Robert Coble <robertpcoble@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> >From Steve Baker:
>
> "*Lee has told me that all of them together make up less than 2% of his
> turnover.*"
>
> The "Lee" in that post would be Lee Oskar, the principal in the Lee Oskar
> Harmonica Co.,
> which actually sells Japanese-made Tombo brand harmonicas, relabeled for
> the USA market.
>
> Steve gave no numbers for Hohner, even though he is directly associated
> with Hohner.
>
> I hazard an educated guess that Hohner's numbers for altered tunings
> overall would be
> a smaller percentage of total sales than Lee Oskar. Why? Because there are
> only a couple
> of possibilities across the entire Hohner line for altered tunings.
>
> If you want to figure out what a large multinational corporation will do,
> follow the money.
>
> Back to your regularly scheduled discussion...
> Crazy Bob
>
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