[Harp-L] Hohner 64 vs Super 64

[Dr. George Miklas]

Hello Gary,

As my friend Joe Leone pointed out, the first obvious difference is the
covers. There is another significant difference and that is the mouthpiece.
The 64Chromonica was previously produced with a nickel-plated mouthpiece,
whereas the Super64 featured a Silver plated mouthpiece.

Other differences include Pinned versus screwed construction.  Again Joe
pointed out that they were available with drift pins. That was, however,
the way that the early 64Chromonicas were assembled with the brown plastic
comb and the early black plastic comb. Late plastic combs were only
assembled with screws. This is another point of departure between the two
instruments as the Super64 has always been assembled with screws.

Finally the current specifications on instruments in 2021:
The 64Chromonica continues to feature a nickel-plated brass mouthpiece.
https://www.hohner.de/en/instruments/harmonicas/chromatic/chromonica/64-chromonica
The Super64 now features a polished stainless steel mouthpiece.
https://www.hohner.de/en/instruments/harmonicas/chromatic/performance/new-super-64

If you are in the market for any of these, I sell all Hohner brand new
production harmonicas, plus I have many reconditioned vintage harmonicas in
stock.

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*Dr. George Miklas <http://www.georgemiklas.com/>, **Harmonica Specialist
- **Scholar, **Educator, **Performer*
*Harmonica Gallery Sales Repair & Studio <http://www.harmonicagallery.com/>*


On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 3:30 PM Gary Calahan <glcalahan at xxxxx> wrote:

> Hello....I have not posted here in a while but, was wondering what the
> difference is between the Hohner 64 and the Super 64 are.  I sold likely 15
> chroms after a divorce 10 yrs ago and had sold a Super 64 and wished I kept
> it.  Well, I just bought a Hohner 64 and realize that It was the Super I
> had sold.
>
> Thnx
>