[Harp-L] Hohner 64 vs Super 64

[joe and cass leone]

You're right about the silver plated mouthpiece BIG George. I had forgotten about that. And at my age, this happens from time to time.

But as to the reedplates, it may have been a 'foible' that was only prevalent with my old friend Rich Farrell, but at a Buckeye fest in the early 90s, he had available super 64s with drift pinned plates and super 64s with machine screwed plates.

The screwed plate model was $110.oo and drift pinned model was $100.oo.
I still have a screwed plate model from that time. (Approx. 1992?). The deal is that while I had always purchased my own musical instruments (clarinet, sax, trumpet), right before the convention my dear mom had given me money for the trip to Columbus. Inasmuch as I was broke at the time. 

I put it towards that super 64. And I don't know if you remember but you, I, Herb Eck, and Al Data went on a trip to several pawn shops during the Memphis spah. That was the one where we spent 2 nights at the diner eating glazed donuts and listening to Don Les tell stories about his life with the Harmonicats. What fun. :)
It was on that trip that I bought that trumpet. The one that was silver, brass, and copper. All on the same trumpet. 

You were looking for bass amplifyers. I had a car with me that trip.  

Joey old guy. 


>     On 09/06/2021 2:34 PM Dr. George Miklas <harmonicat at xxxxx> wrote:
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>     Hello Gary,
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>     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.
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>     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.
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>     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
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>     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 mailto:glcalahan at xxxxx > wrote:
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>         > > 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
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> >     >