[Harp-L] Made in China

[David Fairweather]

Thanks for the info Steve! Hope to see you at SPAH this year!

On Jun 19, 2017 3:43 AM, "Steve Baker" <steve at xxxxx> wrote:

> The suggestion that Hohner harmonicas are made in China has come up
> regularly ever since a majority interest in the company was purchased by HS
> Investment nearly 20 years ago.
>
> The core technology in any harmonica is the reeds and reed plates. All
> reeds and reed plates for all chromatics, Hohner Marine Band Series,
> Progressive Series and MS Series diatonics (as well as all covers and
> combs) are manufactured in Germany and always will be. With some diatonic
> models, parts of the assembly process take place in China, under (as Aongus
> Mac Cana has rightly observed in Harp-L) close supervision by highly
> qualified Hohner staff. Final assembly of all these models takes place in
> Germany. All chromatics with the exception of the Chrometta Series are
> entirely manufactured in Germany. The only Hohner harmonicas which are made
> in China state this fact clearly on the packaging.
>
> Steve Baker
> www.stevebaker.de
> www.european-music-workshops.com
> www.harmonica-masters.de