Re: [Harp-L] Koch harp

[fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx>]

I think the Koch harmonica has been gone from the Hohner line up for 
awhile now.  Hohner no longer references either one on their website. 
The Slide Harp lingered a bit longer but it too seems to have finally 
disappeared.  The Slide Harp being the valved version of the Koch.  The 
un-valved Koch was a leaky sieve of an instrument.  They were work to 
play.  If you really wanted one I would think they'd be relatively 
easily found on eBay and or the internet in general.  I think many of 
them were bought but none of them really got much playing time.  I've 
got at least 2 probably 3 of them. They came in at least a couple of 
keys, C and G.  I kind of remember an F version but I cannot find any 
catalogue evidence of that so perhaps not.  The one I could lay my hands 
on was re-tuned diminished.  Like virtually every 260 and 280 bodied 
harmonica I own the comb is split in at least one place.